Goma Kuyo (Homa Ceremony) (1)
Goma Kuyo is one of the most important Buddhist ceremonies in Esoteric Buddhism including the Singon sect, Tendai sect and Shugen sect, and is a […]
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Looking Back on 2025 (2)
July and August It got suddenly hot from the middle of June, and we entered a period of intense heat in July and August. I […]
Looking Back on 2025 (1)
It’s time to write the article having the title described above this year too. Heat waves in this summer were exceptional. This year, summer had […]
Autumn Leaves in This Year – Kyoto
Tinted autumn leaves were looked dark and dull these past few years because of the intense heat of summer, and so I was dejected a […]
Osaka Seen from the Sky
Osaka Seen from the Sky The area around Yodoyabashi Station in Midosuji Line of Osaka Metoro, which is the next station south of Umeda Station, […]
Half-Day Stroll in Kyoto Yase
I heard long time ago that there was a temple featuring cats in Yase, Kyoto. I was interested in it, but I also thought that […]
Half-Day Stroll in Kobe Hirano
There is an area called “Hirano” located northeast of Kobe Sannomiya. It takes about 20 minutes from Sannomiya by bus. People have lived there since […]
Festival in Kyoto (2)
On smartphones, this page is best viewed in horizontal mode. Speaking of matsuri (Japanese festival), we come to mind a festival in which a mikoshi […]
Kamigamo-jinja Shrine (4) – Kasagake Shinji (4)
On smartphones, this page is best viewed in horizontal mode. Kamigamo-jinja Shrine has a deep connection to horses, and they appeared in the founding legend […]
Kamigamo-jinja Shrine (3) – Aoi Mtsuri
On smartphones, this page is best viewed in horizontal mode. Aoi Matsuri is a festival of Kamigamo-jinja Shrine and Shimogamo-jinja Shrine, which is one of […]