Lanterns
Every Buddhist or Shinto shrine has these stone lanterns which are just beautiful to me.
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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fo... [read more]
In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fo... [read more] Blog: The Land of 100 Temples!!!
Date: September 8th 2007
Kamakura is about an hour southeast of Tokyo and is a quiet little city withstanding the hoards of pligrims that invade it to see the many temples that it holds. Dave and I were among them and found it spritually refreshing. The first one we visited was the biggest and most popular, Hachiman gu Tsurugaoka, built by Minamoto Yoritomo, the first Shogun in Kamakura in 1180s. It's got so much to see i ... read more
Date: September 8th 2007
Kamakura is about an hour southeast of Tokyo and is a quiet little city withstanding the hoards of pligrims that invade it to see the many temples that it holds. Dave and I were among them and found it spritually refreshing. The first one we visited was the biggest and most popular, Hachiman gu Tsurugaoka, built by Minamoto Yoritomo, the first Shogun in Kamakura in 1180s. It's got so much to see i ... read more
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Iwent on a short trip to China and Japan for six weeks. last time I was in Harbin in 2004 which was in the far north. This time I am hitting Beijing, Xi an, Hong Kong and Macau. Japan will be very meaningful as I was there in April of 1992...wow. Dave will be meeting me there and we´ll hit Tokyo, Kamakura, Kyoto, Osaka and Gifu City where we are staying with friends.
Second trip that I blogged was to Princeton NJ and Ottawa, for conferences. Different than the first but still a lot of fun.... full info
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