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Shinmachi Juku
Gojo is a small city in Nara Prefecture, about an hour and a half from Osaka by train、and is on the way to the famous monastery-mountain Mt. Koya. Well-off the beaten tourist track, it gets few visito… more →
Quirky Japan Blog
Shinmachi Juku
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qjphotos wrote 1 week ago: Gojo is a small city in Nara Prefecture, about an hour and a half from Osaka by train、and is on the … more →
Edo-Period Recycling
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qjphotos wrote 1 month ago: Edo-Tokyo Museum Diorama I stumbled across this interesting article a while ago about how there was … more →
The Baby-naming Ceremony
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qjphotos wrote 1 month ago: I don’t want this to turn into a baby blog, but Japan does have some interesting baby customs … more →
Chiba Oyako Sandai Summer Festival
qjphotos wrote 2 months ago: I’ve gone to photograph quite a few of Tokyo’s most famous festivals over the last coupl … more →
Beautiful Walks in the Nara Countryside
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qjphotos wrote 2 months ago: Sorry for the lack of posts recently, but I think I have a pretty good excuse – my wife gave b … more →
36 Views of the Ushiku Daibutsu
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qjphotos wrote 3 months ago: I first saw the Ushiku Daibutsu in the quirky movie, Shimotsuma Monogatari (Japanese: 下妻物語), which i … more →
Old traditions
Rob wrote 4 months ago: Local obon festival with traditional folk-dancing. Only old people for old traditions… … more →
Kiyosumi Teien
qjphotos wrote 4 months ago: A few weeks ago, I tried to go to the Fukagawa Edo Museum, an interesting-looking facility that recr … more →
Wishing for Big Breasts
qjphotos wrote 4 months ago: Japan’s Jodo-shu (Pure Land Sect) operates a breast shrine in Aichi Prefecture. It’s for … more →
The Breast Shrine
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qjphotos wrote 4 months ago: Japan has both a shrine and temple devoted to breasts, the Karube Shrine in Okayama Prefecture, and … more →
70% of Mikoshi Groups in Sanja Matsuri Controlled by Yakuza
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qjphotos wrote 4 months ago: The Sanja Matsuri is one of the most famous festivals in Japan, attracting millions of visitors ever … more →
Kawadoko - Riverside Dining to Beat the Heat
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qjphotos wrote 4 months ago: Kyoto, surrounded on three sides by mountains, is known for its cold winters and hot summers. In the … more →
Rakan Butsuzo
qjphotos wrote 5 months ago: Some Buddhist statues are serenely beautiful. Others are terrifyingly ferocious. But every once in a … more →
Money Washing Temple in Kamakura
qjphotos wrote 5 months ago: The famous Zeniarai Benten Shrine in Kamakura. See the green trough-looking thing at the back of the … more →
Courtesan Procession in Shinagawa
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qjphotos wrote 5 months ago: Embarrassing confession: until a few years ago, I thought a “courtesan” was a female cou … more →
Hotei Sculpture
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qjphotos wrote 6 months ago: Sculpture of Hotei, one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune at the Shitennoji Temple in Osaka, Japan. … more →
Thatched-roof Farm House in Shirakawa-go
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qjphotos wrote 6 months ago: This beautiful old inn in Shirakawa-go, a World Heritage Site in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. … more →
Scenes from the Kanda Matsuri
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qjphotos wrote 6 months ago: The Kanda Matsuri is one of Tokyo’s three biggest festivals. In the past, I’ve always go … more →
Bonsai in Showa Kinen Koen
qjphotos wrote 6 months ago: Bonsai plant in Showa Kinen Koen. Many of the plants in this lovely little bonsai garden are hundred … more →
