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Monday, December 30, 2013

Kanbara Shrine & Tomb

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Kanbara Shrine is a little further down the river from Unochi Shrine , but was until recently about a hundred meters from its current lo...
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Saturday, December 28, 2013

Shikinaen

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Shikinaen is the garden built around a secondary palace of the Rykuan Royal Family not far from Shuri Castle in Naha. Being Okinawan i...
Saturday, December 21, 2013

By way of explanation

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Some people get confused by this blog. Many blogs are diaries in chronological form, but mine jumps backwards and forward in time and ...
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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Hachizu Shrine

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After leaving Usa Hachimangu and heading towards the Kunisaki Peninsula I chose to avoid the main road and instead headed through the ...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

Along the Road.....Azaleas & Haniwa

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After leaving Unochi Shrine I continued downstream towards the first temple on this leg of my Izumo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage. It was May, an...

Kami Kamagari Island

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After crossing the Kamagari Bridge from Shimokamagari Island I had two choices of route to cross Kami kamagari Island, one road hugs ...
Friday, December 13, 2013

Unochi Shrine

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Unochi Shrine is a small and very old shrine in Kamo Town not far from the Kamo Culture Hall. It is listed in the Izumo Fudoki and must ...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Dennis Banks in Yamaguchi

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On Sunday I was privileged to finally meet one of my heroes. We went down to Tokuyama in Yamaguchi to see the last public event of D...
Sunday, December 8, 2013

Ushitora Shrine

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The next stop along the Onomichi Temple Walk is Ushitora Shrine, founded in the mid 9th Century and therefore believed to be the oldes...
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Friday, December 6, 2013

Kamo Cultural Hall Revisited

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To start the second leg of my walk along the Izumo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage I took the train to Komonaka Station from where it was a few kil...
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