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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 [...]

• 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 hectic schedule [...]

• 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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