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Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Shufuan at Kangien in Hita

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Shufuan Shufuan was built in 1781 as a residence by Hirose Gekka, a haiku poet and member of the wealthy, local merchant family of Hiro...
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Monday, March 7, 2022

Funatama Shrine to Chikatsuyu

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Funatama Shrine This post covers the rest of my third day walking along the Kumano Kodo as part of the Saigoku Pilgrimage that follows the s...
Friday, March 4, 2022

Ohori Park Fukuoka

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  Ohori Park in central Fukuoka is a large park built around a large pond ( or small lake) It was built between 1926 and 29 and modeled on t...
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Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Mukai-an Temple Koshin-do Temple & Saisho-an Temple on the Shodoshima Pilgrimage

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Mukai-an Temple Christmas Eve, 2015, was fast drawing to a close, and I still had three more temples to visit on the route back to my ryokan...
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Monday, February 28, 2022

Kuncho Sake Brewery & Museum

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Sake 酒 Just about every town in Japan, large or small, has at least one sake brewery. In Hita the biggest, Kuncho Shuzo Sake Brewery is loca...
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Friday, February 25, 2022

ACROS Fukuoka

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ACROS ACROS stands for Asian CRossroads Over the Sea, and houses an auditorium, conference centre, and numerous offices. It was opened in 19...
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Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Kumenan Kamo Shrine

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Kumenan Kamo Shrine is the collective name given to the pair of famous shrines in the north of Kyoto, Kamigamo, and Shimogamo. This branch s...
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