I have been doing some Japan cycling since 2019 I think. On my journeys I have met Japanese people that are very kind. I travel solo and do free camping and "wild camping" and also sleep on bus benches.
My journey will begin here. Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage
I will try to post daily pictures...
I am hoping a member of this forum can provide some general perspectives about this silk flag that my wife and I recently acquired. Specifically, we are curious to know three things:
1) why there are relatively few written words/characters;
2) why the writing that is present runs straight...
I recently recieved a request for a calender illustration on japanese culture and they wanted me to do it on Hatsumode for January. I don't know much about Japanese culture and wanted to know what all things i could add to show a Hatsumode scene. I'm thinking of the scene to be similar to this...
Kunōzan Tōshōgū Shrine (久能山東照宮) is the first burial place of Tokugawa Ieyasu. The Shintō shrine is located on a steep plateau in Negoya, Suruga, a ward of Shizuoka City, and offers a spectacular view of Suruga Bay. It is the oldest of all Tōshōgū (東照宮) shrines, places of worship that enshrine...
The Honden, the Byōmon (廟門) and the corridor (渡廊 Watarirō) leading to Byōsho hōtō (廟所宝塔), the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu, at Kunōzan Tōshō-gū (久能山東照宮)
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