Shitennoji Temple is the first state-sponsored temple of Japanese Buddhism founded by Prince Shotoku in... Read More

Gosho Jinja enshrines the patron deities of my neighborhood, Zaimokuza. Plural because the shrine is... Read More

Located at the top of a small hill in Ueno Park is Ueno Daibutsu. Consisting... Read More

　　　The Nezu Shrine ranks amongst some of the oldest shrines in Japan and among the... Read More

Trying on a Furisode Kimono         The International Institute for Ritual Culture Education (IRCE) gave me... Read More

The most alluring temple I have seen is in the north of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture;... Read More