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Thursday, December 29, 2016

Komo Shrine

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Just a short walk from temple 20 Sanjo-in, and on the route to the next temple, I stopped in briefly at Komo Shrine. I had been her...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Sacred White Snake

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White snakes are considered sacred in Japan, and are mostly associated with Benzaiten. I posted before on some white snakes found at Iw...
Sunday, December 18, 2016

Kyushu Pilgrimage Temple 20 Sanjo-In

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Sanjo-in, temple number 20 on the Kyushu pikgrimage was a few kilometers outside of Nakatsu not too far from a major shrine, Komo hachim...
Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Yokote Otoshi-gu

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Located out in the rice paddies in Yokote, a village about halfway between Mount Futago and the coast on the east side of the Kunisaki P...
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Monday, December 12, 2016

Kyushu Pilgrimage Temple 19 Fumon-in

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Fumon-in, number 19 of the 108 temples on the Kyushu Pilgrimage I was walking was very hard to find. Just after sunrise I walked al...
Saturday, December 10, 2016

Hunting the Fall Color 2016 Kegon-ji

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On the tenth and final day of my walk along the last leg of the Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage I reached the last temple, Kegon-ji in Gifu...
Thursday, December 8, 2016

Hunting the Fall Color 2016 Day 8

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The penultimate day of my walk was continuing on along the Nakasendo. The Post Town of Samegai was a pleasant surprise..... Out in ...
Monday, December 5, 2016

Hunting the Fall Color 2016 Day 7

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Across from where Nobunagas Azuchi Castle once stood I climbed the mountain on my way to Kannonji, the penultimate temple of the pilgrim...
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Sunday, December 4, 2016

Hunting the Fall Color 2016 Day 6

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Mid morning I reached Chomeiji temple number 31 on the pilgrimage, and it was a riot of color A little further on in Omihachiman at...
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Friday, December 2, 2016

Hunting the Fall Color 2016 Day 5

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Day 5 started out with a short ferry trip across Lake Biwa to the sacred island of Chikibujima and the shrines and temples there. A...
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