Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Nara Power Spot (Sacred Place) ”Yamazoemura - Kitano Tenjinsha Shrine”

March 3, 2008 - 12:17 am by katchaman in Others  

 I felt so good here. Kitano Tenjinsha is very peaceful and Muromachi era architectural style.

February 23 2008
- Yamazoemura - Kitano Tenjinsha Shrine （奈良県・山辺郡山添村　北野天神社）
[Address] 　1458 Kitano,Yamazoenura, Yamebe-gun, NARA　 

Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Nara Power Spot (Sacred Place) ”Yamazoemura - Chojuiwa”

March 2, 2008 - 11:42 pm by katchaman in Others  

Chojuiwa is mystery rock too in Yamazoemura. People found this big rock just by chance on construction.

February 23 2008
-Yamazoemura - Chojuiwa （奈良県・山辺郡山添村　長寿岩[ちょうじゅいわ]）　
[Address] 　Oaza Ohnishi,Yamazoenura, Yamebe-gun, NARA　630-2344
[Access]  Take a bus (to Yamazoe) from JR Nara station, take off  Yamazoe (bus stop).
(JR・近鉄奈良駅から山添方面行きバス国道山添バス停下車すぐ)
[HP] http://www.vill.yamazoe.nara.jp/iwakura/iwakura.htm#tyoujuiwa

Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Nara Power Spot (Sacred Place) ”Yamazoemura - Nabekurakei”

- 11:04 pm by katchaman in Others  

Yamazoemura (in NARA Prefecture) has many mystery spots.  Nabekurakei （鍋倉渓）is one of them.  Nabekurakei is located at a side of Mt. Kohno （神野山）. The landscape like the lava flowed is formed by the black Stones of various sizes (10 meter in width and 650 meters long) They say that Nabekurakei is the big stone construction [...]

Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Tokyo Asakusa Power Spot (Sacred Place) ”Matsuchi-yama Shoten Buddhist Temple”

- 2:23 am by katchaman in Others  

 Matsuchi-yama Shoten Buddhist Temple is said to have been founded about fourteen hundred years ago. There is a legend that the hill on which the temple now stands suddenly raised itself almost in a day, and a huge golden dragon appeared from heaven and landed on the hill; then six years later a Budhist god, [...]

Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Tokyo Asakusa Power Spot (Sacred Place) ”Imado Jinja Shrine”

- 1:34 am by katchaman in Others  

Do you know the MANEKINEKO? The MANEKINEKO（招き猫） also known as Welcoming Cat, Lucky Cat, Money cat or Fortune Cat) is a common Japanese sculpture, often made of porcelain or ceramic, which is believed to bring good luck to the owner. Imado Jinja is the birthplace of MANEKINEKO. 

 

                                                          February 17 2008
-Imado Jinja Shrine （東京・浅草　今戸神社）-
[Address] 1-5-22 Imado, Taito-ku, [...]

Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Tokyo Akasaka Power Spot (Sacred Place) ”Hikawa Jinja Shrine”

February 16, 2008 - 9:25 pm by katchaman in Others  

This shrine is dedicated to Bishamon-ten, protector from disease and disaster and fulfiller of prayers. There are various stories about the establishment of this shrine, but it was relocated to this site during the Manji Period (1658-61) from a spot near Ippon-matsu, about 300 meters north. It is revered as one of the seven Edo [...]

Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Tokyo Power Spot (Sacred Place) ”Yasukuni Jinja”

February 15, 2008 - 7:12 pm by katchaman in Others  

Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社, Yasukuni Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Tokyo, Japan, dedicated to the spirits of soldiers and others who died fighting on behalf of the Emperor of Japan. In October 2004, its Book of Souls listed the names of 2,466,532 men and women, including 27,863 Taiwanese and 21,181 Koreans, whose lives were [...]

Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Tokyo Power Spot “Suitengu Shrine”

February 3, 2008 - 6:20 pm by katchaman in Others  

This is “Suitengu Shrine.” At the most, about 5000 expectant mothers and the families visit a day from various places.
“Suitengu Shrine is well-known across the country for safe delivery, pregnancy, and avoidance of disasters by water,” says the chief priest of the shrine.

                                         January 25 , 2008
 Venue: Suitengu Shrine
2-4-1 Nihombashi Kakigara-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Access:  In front [...]

Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Tokyo Akasaka Power Spot “Hie Jinja Shrine”

January 8, 2008 - 6:51 pm by katchaman in Others  

Hie Shrine was designated as a First Class Government Shrine before the Second World War, and was a highly respected place of worship for the people of Tokyo.
The deity enshrined is Oyamakui-no-kami, the god of Mount Hie in Shiga prefecture. This deity is more commonly known as Hie-no-kami. Hie Shrine derives its name from [...]

CHISAN-CHISHO, Try 100 Organic Local Foods @ `Konohana Garden’, Tenryo Hita

January 6, 2008 - 8:16 am by akko@hakata in Food, Others, Travel  

KYUSHU is a blessed island with rich soil, warm weather, and the location surround by sea, all of which eventually make it the FOOD PARADICE !! (beside being ONSEN PARADICE!!)
Now `CHISAN-CHISHO’ means, producted and consumed in local town, a key phrase to characterise KYUSU culture.
Out of many wonderful places, Tenryo Hita, (Tenryo means the town [...]