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Japan Part 5: Aoi Matsuri

May 15th, 2008
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There are three big festivals (or matsuri) in Kyoto: Gion, Jidai and Aoi. I never saw the Aoi matsuri when I lived here because after seeing the Gion and Jidai ones I learned that it was all the same thing over and over again and so not worth the crowds. However as we were here [ READ MORE ]

Japan Part 4: Otagi Nembutsu-ji

May 13th, 2008
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This is a temple in Kyoto that has lots of stone statues of the buddha’s disciples. As you can see the statues are a bit out of the ordinary. Way back when I’d seen an ad for the place on a train but never got around to actually seeing it. This was my chance. After [ READ MORE ]

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