Japan is a land of huge bridges & endlessly long tunnels, beautiful old temples & culturally rich heritages, well behaved down-to-earth people & small cups of green tea...Locked between the Seto Inland Sea of Japan and the hilly spine of Western Honshu, Onomichi city is a good half-day trip between Hiroshima and Okayama. Historically, Onomichi was an important port town of the Chugoku region...
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Onomichi city of Japan: Temple walk and more
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108 temples to establish pilgrimage route
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More than 100 Buddhist temples in Shiga Prefecture of various sizes and sects are cooperating to establish a pilgrimage route around Lake Biwa in September.
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Life of Ashiodozan- Haikyo
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The second part in the Ashiodozan series- featuring an abandoned temple/shrine and wind-swept tumbledown wooden apartments
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'Daikon' ceremony gets under way at Kyoto temple
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An annual two-day Buddhist ceremony to cook about 10,000 meals using 5,000 "daikon" started Sunday at a temple in Jokyo Ward, Kyoto, as thousands of pieces of the Japanese radishes were kept simmering in huge caldrons.
Read more »Hard times for Japan's temples
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A very interesting article describing the life and problems of a Buddhist monk family in Japan.
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