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More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan: Tamatsukuriyu Shrine
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More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan. Off the beaten track in Japan:- Nature, Culture, History, Spirit, Art. Saturday, July 18, 2015. The main shrine in Tamatsukuri is the Tamatsukuriyu Shrine. The three main kami are Kushiakarutami, Onamuchi (Okuninushi), and Sukunahikona. The latter two are well known, but this was my first encounter with Kushiakarutami, who was the priest Tamasuri (he who makes the jewels) who enshrined Okuninushi following the ceding of the land to the Yamato, Kuniyuzuri.
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More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan: June 2015
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More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan. Off the beaten track in Japan:- Nature, Culture, History, Spirit, Art. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Continuing with some photos of masks I found in shrines while walking along the Iwami coast this past spring. In a small shrine in a remote fishing cove near Orii were this pair of Ebisu and Daikoku, 2 of the 7 Lucky Gods, and often paired together. At the Kasuga Shrine in Sufu was this pairing of, I think, Shoki and Oni. These are much older, wooden masks. Not far away at the...
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More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan: January 2015
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More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan. Off the beaten track in Japan:- Nature, Culture, History, Spirit, Art. Tuesday, January 27, 2015. I started my walk along the Chugoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage at the small port town of Hinase as this was the closest train station to the most easterly of the pilgrimage temples, number 3 Shoraku-ji. As the towns draincover shows, it now includes the cluster of small islands just offshore. My route climbed above the town and headed inland. Friday, January 23, 2015. Oi Shrine i...
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Winter on Yakushima: Chapter Six – The White Mountain | Tsubakuro's Blog
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Photographer, Foreigner, Forty-something in Japan. Canadian Landscape and Nature Photographer Living in Japan. Winter in Yakushima Chapter Five: The Frozen Forest. Winter in Yakushima Chapter Seven: The Kosugitani Settlement →. Winter on Yakushima: Chapter Six – The White Mountain. May 1, 2015. We stood outside the hut in the pre-dawn darkness with our headlights awakening the whiteness of the snow. It was time to climb the mountain. We pressed on to the second viewpoint though there were only the skirts...
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Laura-the-Explora: May 2010
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Discovering this crazy little world one step at a time. April 2010 - An eye for an eye. It’s 5:32am. The sun is shining in the window. It’s Sunday, 5:32am and it’s the only day of the week that I don’t. To be awake this early. Don’t want to be awake this early. But. It’s 5:32 am! Elation comes over me. I cheer a loud WOOT WOOT! I see the clock with my own eyes for the first time ever early this Sunday morning. Blinks) on demand, I decided to go ahead and take the plunge at a clinic here in Osaka. On the ...
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Laura-the-Explora: Dec 2010 - ‘Twas the night before the night before Christmas
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Discovering this crazy little world one step at a time. Dec 2010 - ‘Twas the night before the night before Christmas. 8216;Twas the night before the night before Christmas and all through the school,. Not a student was stirring, not even by the pool. I looked out my classroom window and savored the view,. Reflected on events past and all the things new. 2010 started with a trip back home, time with my family,. Drinking eggnog and wine under the ‘09 Christmas tree. Asia was next, in true spicy Asian style,.
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Laura-the-Explora: June 2009
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Discovering this crazy little world one step at a time. June 2009 - Tsuyu Season. It came. It rained. It’s gone. almost. That tricky time of year in Japan, officially know as tsuyu season (rainy season), seems to have come and gone in the blink of an eye. And though the calendar tells me it’s been two months since I last contacted the outside world, it hardly feels that way. With my studies 75% done (woot woot – as the Kiwis would cheer), my teaching semester just winding down (last class is July 2...
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Laura-the-Explora: September 2009
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Discovering this crazy little world one step at a time. September 2009 - The Amazing Ruta Maya. On the bus back to Osaka from Kansai Airport someth. Ing struck me as odd. I looked around and instantly it hit me: the bus was silent. Now, it wasn’t the silence of the people that surprised me, as. Are also surprisingly quiet on buses. It was the music – salsa, reggaeton,. Yes, the past 6 weeks has been a whirlwind of everything. In which I was lucky enough to meet many old friends and discover the magic of.
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Laura-the-Explora: January 2010
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Discovering this crazy little world one step at a time. January 2010 - No more HIJO yo! The alarm pierced my ears. It happened AGAIN. I couldn’t believe. It Neither could my poor friends who had to sit through the ongoing blaring noise. They had learned ‘. Chinese character) a long time ago. I, obviously, hadn’t. Problem) had accidentally hit the. Button and couldn’t find the off switch. Within 30 minutes we had police in cars, police on bikes, fire fighters in shiny red trucks and all the neighbours in ...
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