12 Culture Saito Goma Fire Ceremony in Hongu Alena Eckelmann Yamabushi perform a fire ceremony at the Kumano Hongu Taisha Spring Festival in April each year
Historical A Tiny Shrine Under a Big Tree Robert Grey This is Kumano Shrine, a delightful little spot to sit in the shade, relax and enjoy the quiet surroundings.
9 Gardens & Parks Shinjuku-Chuo Park Hannah Morse the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the park also contains a Kumano-Jinja
6 Historical Yamate No.68 Tomoko Kamishima Franco who was an employee of Toyo Babcock (now a world wide boiler company
11 Temples & Shrines Sweeping Views of Tokyo City Hall Yoshiko Toyama Finally, be sure to visit the serene Kumano Shrine nestled in among the
20 Historical Giant Wooden Statue of Bishamonten Sarashanti This statue has stood in Kumano Shrine, Towa-cho for more than 1,000 years.
Historical Kyoto Shimogamo Shrine Tomoko Kamishima Before the grandfather deity moved to Kyoto, he lived in Kumano (southern... But when he and his troops came to the forest of Kumano, they lost their
Culture Holocaust Education in Fukuyama Mary Kawai Makoto Otsuka, pastor of a Fukuyama church, had a chance meeting with Otto Frank... , father of diarist Anne Frank, during a 1971 visit to Israel with a choral