Culture Gozan no Okuribi (Mountain Bonfire) 2024 Mid Aug The event places emphasis on setting giant bonfires on each of the five mountains that surround Kyoto city; meant to guide the souls of ancestors who returned
Culture Ryōzen Kannon Andrew Kehoe The Ryozen Kannon is located in the Higashiyama district of Kyoto, a short walk from Kyoumizudera.
Culture Heiwa-dai Park Yuko Tsuzurahara A 20-30 minute walk from the park takes you to Miyazaki Shrine.... Set in a cedar forest, the shrine’s buildings are almost all constructed
Historical Iiyama's Ajisai-dera Robert Grey One such treasure is Iiyama's so-called "Ajisai-dera", a small, mountainside Buddhist temple boasting hundreds of hydrangea flowers.
Culture Experience the Way of Tea Alena Eckelmann Master Randy Channell at ran Hotei in central Kyoto
Historical A Visit to Koyasan: Kongobuji Su Stori There are 117 temples in Mount Koya, but the broader image is that they... emerge from a sea of clouds and that have the role of protecting the temple
Historical Hakone’s Mt. Komagatake Tomoko Kamishima A mountain shrine standing under the gaze of Mt. Fuji
Culture Oyama Jinja Kerrie Hankinson in Shugendō, the mountain religion of Japan, and at one time had seven shrines... and 24 temples spread from Iwakuraji to Oyama[1].