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Onomichi – Tennei-ji and Senko-ji

I went to Onomichi today hoping for clear skies and cherry blossoms. One came true, the cherry blossoms are in

The Kamakura period 1185 to 1333 is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance of the Kamakura Shogunate;

I visited the two Nagashino battlegrounds and museum in January 2016. It was a great experience to visit this place

God (Kami) When the English word God is translated into Japanese, it is generally represented by the kanji (Chinese character)

Funerary objects meant to be seen Haniwa (“clay cylinder” or “circle of clay” in Japanese) are large hollow, earthenware funerary

Title: Konosu Station, View of Mt Fuji from Fukiage. This scene is dominated by Mt Fuji in the distance and

Heiji Monogatari Emaki (Tale of the Heiji Rebellion) Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace from the Illustrated Scrolls of the

Sad news I found today about the closing of a famous and traditional Japanese inn. It dates way back to

Not far from Minowa station on the Hibiya line is a nondescript temple called 浄閑寺—Jokanji. From the street, it looks

Nishi Honganji is the mother temple for the Jodo Shinshu sect of Japanese Buddhism established by Shinran Shonan who lived

Shikoku is host to the famous 88 temple pilgrimage. It is said to take up to 3 months to complete

While readers of Japanese literature from the Heian and Kamakura periods often find it difficult to determine when a sexual

Not something I have done before but I found this beautiful Ukiyo-e print with some history attached to it. It’s

Not a bad summary I found of Francis Xavier and Christianity in Japan. Francis Xavier, a founder of the Society

Maritime Asia, as I use the term, encompasses the lands in and around the Japan Sea, the East China Sea,