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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Izumo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage Temple 25 Chosui-ji

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Chosui-ji, temple number 25 on the Izumo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, is a small rural temple located in Fukuhara north of Matsue City. Ther...
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Sunday, March 1, 2015

Buddhas & Bodhisattvas at Kobo-ji Temple

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Kobo-ji is a small temple on the river bank in Hagi, Yamaguchi. According to the temples founding legend Kukai (Kobo Daishi) stopped h...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015

Kumano Shrine, Honjo

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Honjo is a large village on the north shore of the Nakaumi and the main village shrine was a branch of Kumano Shrine. I think this was t...
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Monday, February 23, 2015

A couple of new masks

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Just finished another couple of masks, and rather being something new they are copies of earlier ones that had been ordered. Whereas m...
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Saturday, February 21, 2015

Fudo Myo at Ryuo-in

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This rather fine Fudo statue is in front of Ryuo-in, a Shingon temple in the Miyaki District of saga Prefecture. Also known as ...
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Friday, February 20, 2015

A Barn Built by Giants

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Usually when I post about architecture it is about modern structures built in out of the way places during the heady days of Japans ...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Kurami Shrine

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Kurami Shrine is yet another small shrine with an ancient pedigree. It is listed in both the Izumo Fudoki and the Engi Shiki. Izumo has ...
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Sunday, February 15, 2015

Konomine-ji Temple 27 Shikoku Pilgrimage

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Konomineji, temple 27 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage is known as both nansho and a sekisho. a "nansho" is a temple that is consider...
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Thursday, February 12, 2015

Tree cutting ceremony at Kurami Shrine

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Visiting Kurami Shrine involved a small detour off my pilgrimage route,  but I deemed it worthwhile as it was supposed to be a fairly im...
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Monday, February 9, 2015

Fudo Myo O of Shikoku part 7

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The Daishi-do in Oda Town in the mountains of Ehime south of Matsuyama, is a zenkonyado, a free place for pilgrims to spend the night....
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