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Saturday, September 29, 2012

Kobe Earthquake Museum

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The Kobe Earthquake Museum is the short version of The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial Museum which is part of the Disaster Re...
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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Shikoku 88 Temple 16 Kan-onji

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Situated in the suburbs of Tokushima, temple 16 of the Shikoku Pilgrimage, Kannonji, doesnt look at all interesting, though that may h...
Sunday, September 23, 2012

Kawamoto Kagura Competition 2012

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Last weekend I went upriver to the Kawamoto Kagura Competition. While I believe that kagura is best appreciated in a shrine, kagura co...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Izumo 33 Temple 2 Yomeiji

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The second temple of the Izumo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage is Yomeiji, situated on a rise less than a kilometer from temple 1. It belongs ...
Sunday, September 16, 2012

Onigawara of Shikoku

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Onigawara are "demon tiles" found most commonly on temple roofs, but also on some shrines and even private dwellings. ...
Friday, September 14, 2012

Akiyoshi-Do the biggest cavern in Japan

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Akiyoshi Do in central Yamaguchi Prefecture is the largest cavern in Japan and one of the largest in East Asia. Located under Akiyoshidai,...
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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Ichinomiya Shrine, Tokushima

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Ichinomiya means "first-ranked shrine", and each province had their own, as well as Ninomiya (second ranked), Sannomiya (thi...
Monday, September 10, 2012

Kintaikyo Bridge

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Iwakuni in Yamaguchi is most well known for its Kintaikyo Bridge. Originally built in 1673 by the first Lord of Iwakuni who bui...
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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Akiyoshi Hachimangu

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Akiyoshi Hachiman Shrine in the mountains of Yamaguchi is a fairly typical village shrine. The shrine records date back to the Muromac...
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Thursday, September 6, 2012

Ando's Spiral Staircase revisited

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One of the features of Tadao Ando's Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art is the exterior spiral staircase. I posted some other p...
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