Amanohashidate 2019: Chionji Temple (智恩寺)
At the southern end of the Amanohashidate Sandbar is Chionji Temple. A statue of the Buddhist god of wisdom is housed here and many students…
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Izumo 2019: Izumo Taisha (出雲大社)
The next phase of my journey across Japan brought me to the northern part of Chugoku where I would be visiting the towns of Matsue…
Miyajima 2019: Itsukushima Shrine (厳島神社)
Easily the most famous attraction on Miyajima is Itsukushima Shrine. If you’ve seen just about any tourism material for Japan it very likely had a…
Itoshima 2019: Raizansennyoji Taihioin (雷山 千如寺大悲王院)
In the afternoon on my first full day in Itoshima my Airbnb host drove me up in the mountains to visit Raizansennyoji Taihioin, a major…
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Fukuoka 2019: Tochoji Temple (東長寺)
The rain started coming down hard again shortly after I left Shofukuji Temple and I ducked into nearby Tochoji Temple for a few minutes. This…
Fukuoka 2019: Shofukuji Temple (聖福寺)
I caught a gap in the rain as I got close to Shofukuji Temple and I was thus able to explore the temple and take…
Fukuoka 2019: Kushida Shrine (櫛田神社)
A storm was passing through Fukuoka and I ducked into Kushida Shrine to get out of the rain for a minute. Kushida was founded the…
Okinawa 2019: Sefa Utaki (斎場御嶽)
On my last full day on Okinawa I needed to finish the day in Naha but I had enough time to do some more sightseeing…
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