More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Kiyomizudera, like most religious sites in traditional Japan, worshipped buddhas and kami, they were shrine-temple complexes, so its not unu...

Kiyomizu means "pure, clear water" and refers to the founding legend of the temple and the water found here. There are a lot of Ki...

A couple of weeks ago we drove up to visit some old, important, temples. Each of them had a pair of Nio guardian statues, and each temple h...