More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Last weekend I went upriver to the Kawamoto Kagura Competition. While I believe that kagura is best appreciated in a shrine, kagura co...

For Obon we went upriver a little ways to Imbara, part of Kawamoto Town, to check out their matsuri. There was kagura performed by the loc...

This is a continuation of an earlier post. As the heroes lay unconscious in a drunken stupor they are visited by Hachiman, the god of war an...