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Friday, November 6, 2020

Ryuko-in Bangai Temple 6 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage

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Ryuko-in is the sixth "bangai" temple, one of twenty extra temples on the 88 temple pilgrimage. I arrived there late on the 27th d...
Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Hitoyoshi Castle Garden

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Right next to the ruins of Hitoyoshi Castle, in the grounds of what is now the Sagara Gokoku Shrine, are the remnants of a traditional Japan...
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Monday, November 2, 2020

Hitoyoshi Castle

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  Hitoyoshi Castle, like most castles in Japan, is pretty much a ruin having been dismantled in the early meiji Period. However the remainin...
Saturday, October 31, 2020

Ghost Temple Eikoku-ji

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Eikoku-ji temple in Hitoyoshi is located on the opposite bank of the Kuma River to the Aoi Aso Shrine, near the castle. It is also known as ...
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Thursday, October 29, 2020

Koya-ji Temple 99 on the Kyushu Pilgrimage

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 Koya-ji, or as it is locally known "Oshi-san", or "Koya-san" is a small, fairly modern temple located right across from...
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Saturday, October 24, 2020

Shrine Chickens & other details at Aoi Aso Shrine

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  Chickens can be found at a few of the bigger shrines, and Aoi Aso is one of them. I have read several theories on the meaning and symbolis...
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Friday, October 23, 2020

Aoi Aso Shrine

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  Unfortunately, the bridge you see here was severely damaged in the devastating floods that hit this area of Kumamoto earlier in 2020. It l...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Okyu Shrine Taragi

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  Continuing my walk down the Kuma River I next stopped at Okyu Shrine, a small, local shrine on the north bank of the river. It has a quite...
Saturday, October 17, 2020

Samurai Gardens of Kitsuki

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Kitsuki's Samurai Gardens Kitsuki is a small, historic castle town in Oita. It is claimed to be the smallest castle in Japan . To the we...
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Thursday, October 15, 2020

The Views From The Kurushima Kaikyo Bridge

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  The Kurushima Kaikyo Suspension Bridge(s) are the last of the bridges on the Shimanami Kaido, the road that connects Honshu with Shikoku a...
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