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MORE GLIMPSES OF UNFAMILIAR JAPAN · 11h ago

A Walk from Honshu to Shikoku Day 2 (afternoon)

After crossing the Tatara Bridge the Shimanami kaido runs down the SE edge of Omishima. Omishima is the biggest of the islands on the route, and there is plenty to see around the island, but I had been here a month or two earlier so this time I decided to press on and try to get to the next island,
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MORE GLIMPSES OF UNFAMILIAR JAPAN · 2d ago

The Garden at Kannon-in

The main reason to visit Kannon-in, a Tendai Temple in Tottori City, is for the garden. The garden took ten years to build, beginning in 1650, 11 years after the temple was rebuilt on this site. It is a "Chisenkansho-shiki" style of garden which roughly translates as "pond viewing gard
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MORE GLIMPSES OF UNFAMILIAR JAPAN · 4d ago

Ichibacho Hachimangu

Ichibacho, which means "market town", is located on the north of the Yoshino River in Tokushima. The village around the shrine is named Yawata, another way of reading Hachiman, and is an example of a place being named after the shrine. Its a fairly standard village Hachiman Shrine, and unfort
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MORE GLIMPSES OF UNFAMILIAR JAPAN · 6d ago

Spring Reflections

I've been wandering the back country up in Izumo the last few weekends. A little later than usual but the paddies are flooded and those that are not yet planted are in the process of being... ....all very photogenic..... Mostly it was old people out in the paddies, but I did see a few thre
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MORE GLIMPSES OF UNFAMILIAR JAPAN · 1W ago

Vacation 2011 day 15, last day of the trek

The last day of our trek in southern Morocco began with a steep climb up the ridge and over into the next valley. I headed off alone before the rest of the group. I preferred to climb slowly and not have to keep up with everyone. I also prefer hiking in the desert in solitude. Chatting is for meal t
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MORE GLIMPSES OF UNFAMILIAR JAPAN · 2W ago

Japanese Pirate Ships

Looking, in some ways, like a viking ship, the draincover for Imabari on the northern tip of Ehime in Shikoku depicts some ships belonging to the Murakami Suigun, sometimes described as a "navy", but more often described as pirates who operated in the Inland Sea between Shikoku and Honshu. On the is
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MORE GLIMPSES OF UNFAMILIAR JAPAN · 2W ago

Kobe fashion Plaza

The futuristic-looking Kobe Fashion Plaza is located on Rokko Island, a man-made island connected to Kobe in Hyogo The complex houses  the Kobe fashion Museum, Kobe Artists Museum, Orbis Hall (an auditorium), a shopping Mall, Atrium, and a hotel. It opened in 1997 and was designed by S
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MORE GLIMPSES OF UNFAMILIAR JAPAN · 2W ago

Shikoku 88 Temple 10 Kirihataji

Approaching Kirihata-ji, temple number 10 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage, the pagoda can be seen protruding from the forest on the hillside. The pagoda was built originally at Sumiyoshi Shrine in Osaka by the second Tokugawa Shogun,  Hidetada, in the early 17th Century but was dismantled and reassembled
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MORE GLIMPSES OF UNFAMILIAR JAPAN · 3W ago

Ceramic Torii

Torii, the entrance gates most commonly found at Shinto shrines, are usually made of stone or wood though concrete and steel have been used in the 20th Century. A few are made of bronze, and some even of plastic, but I have never before seen a full-size one made of ceramic like this one at Yuga Shri
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MORE GLIMPSES OF UNFAMILIAR JAPAN · 3W ago

The Biggest Fudo Myo-O

My favorite of all the Buddhist deities in Japan is Fudo Myo-O, and so I had a very pleasant surprise a few days ago when I stumbled upon what is believed to be the biggest wooden  Fudo Myo-O statue in the world! The sculpture, including the base and the surrounding flames is almost 8 meters
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