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Category Archives: Japan

The God of Rice – a Fushimi-Inari pilgrimage.

December 5, 2020

From the beginning of time we humans have worshipped mountains. They are the highest and most impressive elements of any …

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Kyoto’s Magical Mountain – hiking from Kurama to Kibune

October 23, 2020

18 March 2019 I really wanted to hike the Nakasendō, a 534-kilometre ancient highway between Kyoto and Edo (Tokyo). It …

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The Harbinger of Spring – plum blossoms at Kyoto’s shrines

September 14, 2020

12-25 March 2019 I’m either too early or too late. The best time to see the wisteria in Tokyo is …

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Here Be Dragons – Kiyomizudera Temple and the Seiryū-e Festival, Kyoto

July 25, 2020

13-14 March 2019 It begins with a long mournful drone on conch shells. The sound fills the air like a …

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A Moving Work Of Art – a glimpse into the world of the geisha

June 17, 2020

A short anecdote about childhood curiosity: When I was ten years old and living in Melbourne, I was in a …

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You Can’t Trust the Man Behind the Bar; food and fashion in Kyoto

May 11, 2020

11-26 March 2019 After thirty hours of non-stop travel from Delhi we finally arrive at our Airbnb in the Gion …

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Kyoto By The Sea: Amanohashidate and Ine

April 5, 2020

20 March 2019. The houses are lined along the shore like soldiers, creating an organic seam that joins the sea …

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Japan – the Untold Stories

February 22, 2019

27 April-16 May 2018. Trains I’m on a train from suburban Fuchu heading back to my hostel in Central Tokyo …

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The Gorgeous Golden Heart and Soul of Nikko: the Tōshō-gū Shrine

February 13, 2019

2 May 2018. I met a man on the train going to the Shibazakura Festival. He bragged about being a …

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What’s my problem?! Arashiyama is touristy but still has much to offer.

January 23, 2019

14 May 2018. I take the train past the stop for Arashiyama and travel on to Kameoka. I’d read that …

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The Ordinary and the Extraordinary: Kyoto’s Kitchen and the Hollyhock Festival

January 10, 2019

9-15 May 2018. From the outside it looks like you’re entering a dark tunnel that goes on forever. Even though …

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Japan’s Imperial Heart: walking the streets of Kyoto

November 25, 2018

9-15 May 2018. Kyoto is old, but she is no old dame. She is an ancient goddess in a flowing …

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Kimonos-Weddings-Geisha: the streets of Kyoto

November 6, 2018

10-15 May 2018. I have six full days in Kyoto but I lose two of them. I lose the first …

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The Red and the Gold – Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari Shrine and the Golden Pavilion.

October 25, 2018

9-15 May 2018. In 1950 a disturbed 22-year-old novice monk burned down the five-hundred–year-old Rokuon-ji Temple in Kyoto, and then …

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