August 15, 2008 - 7:04 pm by katchaman in Culture
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) I climbed Mt. Miwa [Miwasan]. Very very peacefull! I felt so good at the top of Mt. Miwa! It took 90 [...]
- 6:37 pm by katchaman in Culture
I can recommend Oomiwa Jinja [Miwa-myojin] as the best of shrines in Japan.
According to official website, since the reign of Sujin Tenno the tenth Imperial generation (about 2,000 years ago), the worshipping of this shrine has become popularized unusually, and moreover, since the middle age it has been worshipped as the Top Shrine (Ichi-no-miya) of [...]
- 5:15 pm by katchaman in Culture, Travel
I can recommend Daibenzaitensha as a sacred place in Japan.
Tenkawa-dai-benzaiten-sha is located in the center of Japan’s spiritual heartland, the Kii Mountain range, this shrine is filled with sacred energy emanating from the dense forest on the holy mountain Omine-san with No admittance to woman. Since the shrine’s principal object of worship, sheltered at the [...]
August 14, 2008 - 6:54 pm by katchaman in Culture
I went to Ohkunitama Shrine[大國魂神社] on July. The shrine was reportedly established in the year of 111 (A.D.) by a local ruler. The main god enshrined here is Ohkunitama or Ohkuninushi, who is one of the main gods in the Shinto religion. Ohkunitama is believed to be a great god who initiated the reclamation of [...]
August 13, 2008 - 9:26 pm by katchaman in Culture
I went to Eiheiji Zen Temple in this summer. Here is very peaceful!
It is one of the two head temples of the Soto sect of Buddhism. Eihei-ji was established in 1244 by Zen master Dogen Zenji (1200-1253), who studied Buddhism in China and introduced Soto Zen Buddhism to Japan.
Access: Echizen Railway Shosan Eiheiji line [...]
