Kiyotaki by Japan Through My Eyes

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Namazu (aka Onamazu) is the giant catfish of Japanese mythology held responsible for creating earthquakes. https://www.worldhistory.org/Namazu/ #History #Kami #Namazu #Shinto

Toyokawa Inari: Lantern-filled temple complex with shrines & statues, including hundreds of #Shinto fox deities. Japan. #Photography by ta2funk.eth

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Inari is the Shinto god of rice, the protector of food, and bringer of prosperity. https://www.worldhistory.org/Inari/ #History #Inari #Kami #Shinto

The #Arashiyama area of #Kyoto is always appreciated. #Japanese as well as foreign #tourists enjoy traditional #cosplay, the #Buddhist temples and #Shinto shrines set in abundant natural beauty, riding rickshaws through the renowned #bamboo #forest, and more.

Follow me if you like through the micro-seasons starting with plum blossoms.

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Toward the Eastern Mountains (東山) of #Kyoto, I walked from the Kawaramachi train station by Gion to the #Shinto shrine Yasaka Jinja (八坂神社) -- first photo -- and the World Heritage temple #Kiyomizudera (#清水寺). A recommended tourist route, these are only a few of the scenes I'm so familiar with. A willow tree in Maruyama Park could really be weeping, because a 2018 typhoon, going farther north than in the past -- like U.S. hurricanes -- broke it, but it is growing back and looking like "The Matrix" movie theme in the second photo. There is a #Buddhist Yasaka Pagoda -- third photo -- and one of many perspectives that always reward a visit to Kiyomizu Temple -- last photo.
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Back to the #Shinto #shrine Jonangu in #Kyoto (京都の城南宮). Limited to just four of my stunning #photos of #plum trees and #cultural features from its rich #history since the year 794 at the beginning of the #Heian Period. Unusual stone lantern, teahouse, and hanging plum #blossoms in white (most fragrant), pink and red.

As the sightseeing season is starting, follow me for my specialization: #Japan.

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The popular new book A Passion for Japan: A Collection of Personal Narratives is listed on Amazon sites such as https://www.amazon.com/Passion-Japan-Collection-Personal-Narratives/dp/4991150736
30 authors provide inside perspectives on living in Japan.
My chapter "Discovering Japanese Fusion of Religions on the Pilgrimage Island of Shikoku" is free at the research repositories https://www.academia.edu/82383623 or https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361566172
My translation of the chapter into Japanese (和訳): 「巡礼の島・四国で発見した日本の宗教融合」 (corrected by a native speaking university teacher in Kyoto) is free to download from https://hcommons.org/deposits/download/hc:48212/CONTENT/discovering_ja.pdf
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#Pilgrimage, #Shikoku #Kompira #Zentsuji #Kukai #JapaneseBuddhism, #Shinto
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#Kyoto changing leaves: did you know that you needed to see this? :blobheart: This is not even the peak for delicate red #maple leaves, so check back later, but this is a little-known early stage with yellow ginkgo and various tawny colors. You might like the vermillion #Shinto #shrines and #Buddhist #temples, too, that blend so well with #nature. #introduction: We've been living near Kyoto for 18 years while I've been a professor in #Osaka. I originally specialized in #Japan, so I'm fluent and literate in #Japanese. I sometimes guide people to Kyoto and pay my own way. But my Japanese wife of 34 years warns that I don't know the restaurants, being just a hiker. We have two sons incredibly successful in Tokyo: one is just coming back from Seattle, NYC, and #Boston (my home town). With the limit of four photos here, you might want to see frequent loads of gorgeous #photos on #Facebook, where I'm @waoesteve