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Sunday, May 29, 2016

Early Summer Kagura

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Headed up to Kaze no Kuni, our local hot spring resort in the mountains nearby for a free kagura festival. Its a great venue for...
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Thursday, May 26, 2016

Tauebayashi 2016

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Tauebayashi It was great weather last weekend so I took advantage and went and visited the local Tauebayashi, rice planting festival. It...
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Monday, May 23, 2016

Tengu Dakiniten Fudo Myo

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Last weekend I was visiting the priest at Takuhi Shrine on Nishinoshima in the Oki Islands. I was intrigued by the print of Fudo Myo han...
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Saturday, May 21, 2016

The Garden at Kikuya Residence Hagi

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The Kikuya Residence is a large complex of buildings from the Edo Period belonging to the Kikuya Family in the old castle town of Hagi, ...
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Thursday, May 19, 2016

A Walk Around Kyushu Day 5

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Following a miserable and rainy fourth day, day 5 was back to glorious weather. I didn't have too far to walk today, just from Yahat...
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Monday, May 9, 2016

Manhole Bridges

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Misasa in Tottori is a famous hot spring resort in the middle of the prefecture not too far from Kurayoshi. Several bridges over th...
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Saturday, May 7, 2016

Kyushu Pilgrimage Temple 16 Zenkakuji

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A very small temple in an urban neighborhood just north of Nogata, temple 16 of the Kyushu pilgrimage seems to have only been founded l...
Sunday, May 1, 2016

Sogo Building Hiroshima

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Sogo is a department store in downtown Hiroshima. The building also houses the Hiroshima Bus Centre. The exterior of the buildin...
Thursday, April 28, 2016

Hiyoshi Shrine, Nogata

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In the north of Nogata in the village called Ueki, I came across this small Hiyoshi Shrine, one of about 4,000 branch shrines of Hiyoshi Ta...
Sunday, April 24, 2016

Chikurinji Temple 31 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage

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Located next to the Makino Botanical Gardens in the south of Kochi City, the 5 storey pagoda of Chikurinji was built in 1980 to replace ...
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