Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Nara Power Spot (Sacred Place) “Sai Jinja Shrine[狹井神社]”
March 30, 2008 - 4:25 pm by katchaman in Culture, Travel
Sai Jinja is the place to worship Omiwa Aramitama. They say that this god is to decrease illness.
We can enter Mount Miwa from Sai Jinja. ( Entrance Fee 300 yen, No photo and eating) Sai Jinja [狹井神社] is located next to Omiwa Jinja [大神神社].
February 25 2008
Sai Jinja Shrine [狹井神社]
[Access] 15 minutes walk from Miwa Station [...]
Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Nara Power Spot (Sacred Place) “Omiwa Jinja Shrine[大神神社 三輪山]”
- 2:16 pm by katchaman in Others, Travel
As the whole of Mount Miwa, which stands directly behind the shrine, is the object of worship, the shrine has no main hall, the place where a deity is usually enshrined. The outer shrine was reconstructed in the Edo Period by Tokugawa Ietsuna.
Omononushi-no-kami, who is enshrined at this Mount Miwa the object mountain of worship, [...]
Arashiyama station(Kyoto) “Kodaman’s J-TRIP”
February 28, 2008 - 5:27 pm by kodaman in Culture, Travel
Arashiyama(嵐山）Area is one of the touristic places in Kyoto. Togetsu bridge(渡月橋）is a famous spot to take a photo. We went there in winter. When we arrived at Arashiyama station, we were so suprised because of Onsen”hot spring” in that station! People must walk a lot in Arashiyama,since many [...]
Chionin(Kyoto)“Kodaman’s J-TRIP”
- 4:03 pm by kodaman in Travel
Chionin(知恩院）is the head temple of “Jyodo shu” which is a cult of Buddhism. The gate of this temple is one of three greatest and biggest gates(Nanzen ji temple,Ninna ji temple and Chionin) in Kyoto. Literally,the name of Chionin is 知（Knowing)+恩（Obligation). There are many important cultural properties here but some places are prohibited to get in. [...]
JAPAN ODYSSEY
February 19, 2008 - 9:55 am by sitesh_srivastava in Travel
It was around fall of 2005, that I was dispatched to Japan on an assignment and that was it. I was just recovering from a near fatal sudden disease in India and here I was in Japan wondering how badly I wanted to live just a few days ago in a hospital.
Never ever in my [...]
Where are the Monkeys on Sado Island?
February 8, 2008 - 5:07 pm by Bill Belew in Travel
I kept thinking to myself, ‘Where are all the monkeys?’
The island was beautiful, up the coast, down the coast, all the way around. I drove it once, biked it once. The driving was more fun because I could enjoy the breathtaking scenery. The biking was hard because I was in a hurry - trying [...]
Gero onsen by JR Takayama Line
February 3, 2008 - 9:30 pm by Yuk in Travel
I have decided to go to Gero Onsen in Gifu Prefecture that is a famous hot spring because I had come to want to visit an onsen after a long time. It is one of Japan famous 3 onsens chosen in Edo period; the other 2 onsens are Arima onsen and Kusatsu onsen. I love [...]
Higashi Honganji Temple
February 1, 2008 - 6:46 pm by tammy in Travel
A picture of Amida Hall of Higashi Honganji Temple
This is Higashi Honganji Temple which is about ten minutes walk from JR Kyoto station.
It was founded by Priest Kyonyo about 400 years ago as the headquarters of Jodo Shin sect, or Pure Land Sect of Buddhism. After being burnt several times, it was rebuilt in [...]
Observation Deck, Caretta Building
- 3:50 pm by Marcus in Food, Others, Travel
High above the Tsukiji fishmarket and the Hamarikyu Gardens, Shiodome’s Caretta Building offers impressive views of Rainbow Bridge, Odaiba and Tokyo Bay. Unlike Tokyo’s better known observation decks (such as the one atop the Metropolitan Government Tower in Shinjuku) the 46th floor of the Caretta Building allows visitors to take in the view without having [...]
A Gaijin in hot water
There are many moments in a person’s life; moments of hilarity, moments of sadness, moments of achievement, but the moments that are the easiest to evoke are those times of great embarrassment. I had a particular moment like that. When it happened I was humiliated, but now I can look back upon it and laugh.
It [...]
