Activities Dewa Sanzan Experience Geoff Day Forested paths, secluded lodgings, hidden temples and local foods are all a beautiful part of monk life.
Activities Three Days Along Kisoji’s Nakasendo Trail (Day 2) Featured waterfalls are popular sites for “taki shugyo” or waterfall training, where people... dressed in simple white garments will stand under the bone-chilling cold
Culture Amanohashidate Chion-ji Bonson Lam Chion-ji is also known as the temple for students and scholars, who have hundreds of years, have made this pilgrimage over the mountains to a distant land
Transportation Using the Hokuriku Arch Pass: A Trip For All Featured to snow, we headed next to Nagano City, where we checked out Zenkoji Temple... Later, he constructed a temple to accommodate visits by more people.
Food My Favorite Places in Japan: Izakaya Elena Lisina In the evenings, izakaya are often packed and very noisy – people come... Unlike during the daytime when Japanese people are quiet, in izakaya they
10 Kamakura's Takedera in December Larry Knipfing Kamakura's Takedera in December: Hokokuji Temple - the Bamboo Temple - is a must visit. It is that special.
10 Culture The Grand Sanja Festival Parade Kylie Plester It is one of Tokyo's biggest festivals with around 2 million people... the streets of Asakusa before arriving at Asakusa Shrine in the Sensoji Temple
12 Activities Exploring Mount Hiei & Enryaku-ji Lee Tan The path took me to the back of the temple complex, where I then explored... persistent light rain, a mist had rolled in, partially obscuring the temples
