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Japanese Festival, Life in Japan, Temple/Shrine
Futon Daiko Nakamozu
09.27.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

This is a picture of the Futon Daiko festival in Nakamozu. In this the participants carry a heavy wooden float into a shrine, up a large set of steps and then parade around and rock the float as if it were a ship in stormy waters.
It’s a very exuberant festival. Lots of noise, a [...]
Japan, Temple/Shrine
Ojizosan
08.19.06 | Permalink | Comment?

I was walking along a part of Western Osaka on the way back to the train station after a particularly stressful Kindergarten lesson, and I spotted this little fellow on the ground next to the wall.
Thanks to Reiko and the newly crowned King of mightiness Vertical, I found out that it is an Ojizosan which [...]
Japan, Photo, Temple/Shrine
Sakura Temple
04.28.06 | Permalink | 1 Comment
Japan, Photo, Temple/Shrine
Nakayamadera lanterns
03.12.06 | Permalink | 1 Comment

These are a couple of lanterns taken at the famous baby temple Nakayamadera temple with the escalator especially for pregnant women.
Japan, Kobe, Photo, Temple/Shrine
Nakayamadera temple
01.06.06 | Permalink | 3 Comments

We went to Nakayamadera temple in Kobe today which is a temple used for pregnant women to pray at for good luck. We exchanged an extortionate amount of money for a lucky charm and a stomach warmer and prayed for the baby`s good health.
What struck me most about this temple above is that it`s [...]
Japan, Misc, Photo, Temple/Shrine
Street-side shrine
11.26.05 | Permalink | Comment?

Woman praying at street-side shrine.
Technorati Tags: Japan, Osaka, Asia, Quaisi, Kansai, Expat, English, Shrine
Japan, Misc, Temple/Shrine
Kanshinji
11.19.05 | Permalink | Comment?

One of mine and my stalker Stupot`s favourite temples.
Technorati Tags: Japan, Osaka, Asia, Quaisi, Kansai, Expat, EnglishTemple/span>
Blogging, Misc, Photo, Temple/Shrine
Blogs I`ve read (and a shrine)
11.08.05 | Permalink | Comment?

Despite previously posting about loving blogging and writing posts in my free time on the train, I have written nothing on the train for about a week and a half. This coincided with realising I could emulate console games on my PSP (to play on the train to work). That and my relatively [...]
Japan, Photo, Temple/Shrine
Lanterns
10.28.05 | Permalink | Comment?

Lanterns at night in a shrine.
Technorati Tags: Japan, Osaka, Asia, Quaisi, Kansai, Expat, English, Shrine, Lantern
Politics, Temple/Shrine
Right Wing Japanese Textbook
10.19.05 | Permalink | Comment?

In response to Houjin`s great comment (quoted below) left on my earlier post about Yasukuni Shrine and more specifically a right-wing textbook approved for use in some schools :
“The Japanese military drove away the Western powers which had long controlled the Asian countries … Their actions awakened the long-dormant spirit of ‘making their homeland [...]

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