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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 [...]
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 [...]
These are a couple of lanterns taken at the famous baby temple Nakayamadera temple with the escalator especially for pregnant women.
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 [...]
Woman praying at street-side shrine. Technorati Tags: Japan, Osaka, Asia, Quaisi, Kansai, Expat, English, Shrine
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 hectic schedule [...]
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 [...]