Just to the north of Kyoto, Ohara is a picturesque village with a traditional, rural feel. It’s known locally for its vegetables, but has a wider claim to fame as host to the celebrated Buddhist temple … Read the rest
Category: Shrine visits (Page 2 of 21)
This year for my ‘first shine visit of the year’ I popped round to my local shrine, Shimogamo Jinja, just at the stroke of midnight to capture the atmosphere as the calendrical cycle started anew. I was expecting few people, … Read the rest
There have been few postings on Green Shinto in the second half of 2020, as from August 18 to November 10, I travelled … Read the rest
Yesterday I took a walk through Gion to explore the ’empty Kyoto’ phenomenon. The crowded teeming streets of overtourism days a few months ago have been transformed into … Read the rest
With the cessation of tourism due to the Corona virus, Kyoto has taken on a very different atmosphere. This is apparent in … Read the rest
Shirakumo Jinja
Shirakumo Shrine in Gosho, like the nearby Itsukushima Shrine, is linked with Benzaiten (also known as Benten). The reason, … Read the rest
Munakata Jinja
The three Munakata deities, known also as the Munakata sisters, are associated with the head shrine dedicated to them near Fukuoka, which … Read the rest