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Thursday, April 3, 2014

Sanja Shrine

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Sanja Shrine is right next door to Manpukuji and I came into the shrine from a trail that lead from the temple. Sanja means " Thre...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Yoshida Shoin History Museum

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In the grounds of the Shoin Shrine in Hagi, Yamaguchi, is the Yoshida Shoin History Museum. A series of lifesize tableaux depi...
Sunday, March 30, 2014

Izumo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage Temple 13 Manpukuji

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After leaving Iishi Shrine I headed downstream to a larger valley and then headed further east up another small valley. Manpukuji is in ...
Friday, March 28, 2014

Pilgrim No More

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At 3:30 this afternoon I reached temple 108 of the Kyushu Pilgrimage, the Okuin of Temple 88 Chinkokuji, in Munakata. It has taken me ...
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Sefa Utaki

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Sefa Utaki is a World heritage Site on the southern coast of the main Okinawan Island. It was the most important sacred site for the r...
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Saturday, March 15, 2014

Iishi Shrine

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Iishi Shrine is the shrine that Jyufukuji was built as a Jinguji for. It is a very ancient and important shrine being listed in both th...
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Friday, March 14, 2014

Iwasaki Shrine, Usa.

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In November of 2012 I went for a 5 day walk around and over the Kunisaki Peninsula, one of my favorite areas in Japan. I had been want...
Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Izumo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, Temple 12, Jyufukuji

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Located in a remote valley, temple 12, Jyufukuji, has no firm date for its founding, though it was a Jinguji so that suggests the Heian ...
Monday, March 10, 2014

A night on Teshima

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At the end of the first day of my walk across the Aki Nada Islands I crossed the bridge from Kami Kamagari over to Teshima. Tes...
Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Izumo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, Day 5

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Friday, May 18th, 2012, the fifth day of my Izumo 33 Kannon pilgrimage was yet another glorious spring day. Now I am off the relatively ...
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