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Thursday, September 28, 2017

An Unexpected Art Interlude

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While driving along a remote mountain road in the west of Hiroshima Prefecture I was surprised to come across a fairly large, modern fac...
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Sunday, September 24, 2017

Sugao Stone Buddhas

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Sugao, on the banks of the Ono River a little downstream from Bungo Ono is home to a small set of relief carved Buddhist statues. There ...
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Thursday, September 21, 2017

Sasaguri 88 Temple Pilgrimage

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Sasaguri, in the mountains just north of the sprawling metropolis of Fukuoka, is home to a miniature version of the famous 88 temple Shi...
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Saturday, September 16, 2017

Kyushu Pilgrimage Day 13 Bungo Ono to Usuki

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Friday, February 22nd, 2013, my 13th day walking around Kyushu and my route takes me pretty much downhill back to the coast at Usuki. Th...
Thursday, September 14, 2017

Goganji Temple Nakatsu

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I made a start on walking the Kyushu Fudo MyoO Pilgrimage, and the night before I set out I stayed in Nakatsu. That evening I went for a...
Monday, September 11, 2017

One Thousand Medicine Buddhas

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Next door to Renjoji is the Yakushi Hall, a very long structure containing 998 small statues of Yakushi Nyorai, commonly referred to as ...
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Thursday, September 7, 2017

3000 Buddhas at Isshinji

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Isshiteji is quite a well known temple in the Tennoji area of Osaka that is known primarily for its statues made from  bones, but just a...
Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Renjoji one of the oldest temples in Japan?

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Renjoji Renjoji is temple 27 on the Shingon Kyushu 108 temple Pilgrimage and is located just outside the town of Mie in Bungo Ono, Oita....
Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Jizoji Revisited

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On Friday 16th December, 2016 I began my walk along the Shikoku 36 temple Fudo Myo-o pilgrimage. At times the route is the same as the 8...
Sunday, August 20, 2017

Kyushu Pilgrimage Temple 96 Kenryuji

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By late afternoon I was approaching the outskirts of Mie, the town that is now the administrative center of Bungo Ono City. Kenryuji Tem...
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