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Monday, November 2, 2009

Miko-mai, or Miko Kagura

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    Today was the matsuri at Tsunozu. Last night was the all night kagura, but I was feeling a bit under the weather so didn't make it, ...
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Sunday, November 1, 2009

Cave of 1000 Buddhas

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The Cave of 1,000 Buddhas is another of the "attractions" at Kosan-Ji on Ikuchijima in Hiroshima Prefecture. One descends into a l...
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Friday, October 30, 2009

October means Matsuri. Matsuri means Kagura. Part 7

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a For our next matsuri we again headed downriver, this time on the opposite bank to Kawahira. The shrine, like most shrines round here, is a...
Saturday, October 24, 2009

My Sky Hole.85

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My Sky Hole.85 is a large public sculpture by world-renowned Japanese artist Inoue Bukichi. It's one of a large sequence of works titled...
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Thursday, October 22, 2009

October means Matsuri. Matsuri means Kagura. Part 6

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We headed downriver to Matsukawa, the village of Oda, who have their matsuri during the daytime. The village no longer has its own kagura gr...
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Saturday, October 17, 2009

October means Matsuri. Matsuri means Kagura. Part 5

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After Ichiyama matsuri we stopped in at Kawado, the village just across the river from mine, for the last matsuri of the night. I've wat...
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Friday, October 16, 2009

The Heights of Eternal Hope for the Future

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Miraishin no Oka is a 5,000 sq. m. sculpture park on the hilltop overlooking Kosan-Ji on Ikujima, a small island in the Inland Sea off Hiros...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

October means Matsuri. Matsuri means Kagura. Part 4

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Ichiyama Hachimangu is a much bigger shrine than the one we just visited over the river in Eno. We come to most matsuris at Ichiyama as a fr...
Monday, October 12, 2009

October means Matsuri. Matsuri means Kagura. Part 3

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Our next matsuri was in Eno, a small village on the Yato River. This was our first time to matsuri here. It's a fairly new shrine, estab...
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Friday, October 9, 2009

Princess Yakami

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Yakami Hime was a beautiful princess ( as all such princesses must be) in the land of Inaba, now western Tottori. She appears in the ol...
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