8 Culture Horyu-ji Temple, Nara Lily Horyu-ji Temple in Ikaruga Town, Nara is famous for being the oldest wooden building in the world.
8 Culture Kasamori Inari Shrine in Matsumoto Peter Sidell In Matsumoto in central Japan's Nagano prefecture, Kasamori Inari is a small but interesting shinto shrine.
Culture Connect at Motonosumi Inari Shrine Tristan Scholze Shinto shrines seem to me to relate a different sense than one gets from... just a few decades ago to a local and called for the building of this shrine
12 Culture Fukashi-jinja Shrine in Matsumoto Peter Sidell In Matsumoto in central Japan's Nagano prefecture, Fukashi-jinja is a lively Shinto shrine, with bright colours and some interesting features.
Culture Youmeiji Temple, Tsuwano Denes Perlaky Youmeiji is the family temple of the domain lord, in the old castle-town of Tsuwano.
Temples & Shrines Temple of Aikido Arlene Bastion Kōzan-ji Temple is beautiful in its quiet peace, a fitting resting place for the founder of Aikido, the gentle art of self defence.
7 Temples & Shrines Yokosuka's Joenji Temple Steve Morton spring when either by curiosity or sheer chance, I stumbled across Joenji Temple... away at the top of a steep slope which you could easy miss if not for a series
12 Culture Visiting Nikko’s Toshogu Shrine Steve Morton myself in when passing the grand gates of the lavishly decorated Toshogu Shrine... Ieyasu Tokugawa in 1617, (the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate), Toshogu Shrine