10 Pilgrimage Temples #14,15,16 and 17 Yoshifumi Hara Five of the 88 temples of the Shikoku Pilgrimage are located in Tokushima city.
Activities Mountain-top Temple and Gardens in Kochi City Japan Travel trail, the Ohenro, a panoramic view of Kochi city, the classic Chikurinji temple... 10 minutes walk from Godaisan Lookout is the famed Buddhist Chikurinji temple
Culture Gio-ji Temple, Kyoto: Part 4 of 4 Justin Velgus This is the final chapter in a 4-part series of the story behind Gio-ji Temple... nuns (Gio's sister and mother), lived in the hermitage (now Gio-ji Temple
Culture Kimono for a Female Elena Lisina Kimono has a long history and was transformed from Chinese female dress... Modern kimono have a rather simple design cut and are made from a whole
8 Shikoku Pilgrimage: Temples No. 8 & 9 Yoshifumi Hara The 8th temple (Kumadani-ji) and the 9th temple (Hourin-ji) are located in a residential area.
Culture Gio-ji Temple, Kyoto: Part 3 of 4 Justin Velgus These days Gio-ji Temple is a tourist spot in Sagano, Kyoto, near Togetsukyo... reflecting on the wisdom of Nembutsu at one of the many Pure Land Buddhism temples
Culture Gio-ji Temple, Kyoto: Part 2 of 4 Justin Velgus Gio-ji Temple is more of a hermitage than a temple. It is a building with a kitchen sandwiched between two Japanese style rooms.
Culture Kyoto: My Alternative Top 3 Temples Peter Sidell Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto is home to hundreds of shrines and temples: here are three of my favourite less visited ones.
