I’ve learnt that there’s a reason Kanazawa looks like Kyoto: it also avoided the WWII bombs. So all the Edo-era bridges, houses, temples, and Geisha districts remain, but on a more walkable scale than Kyoto. Continue reading Day Four & Five: Kanazawa
One of the best things about living in the Japanese countryside is the abundance of temples and shrines. Rather than praying in churches or cathedrals, Japanese people make pilgrimages to little wooden shrines that are often buried deep in a forest or hidden on a distant mountaintop. Nihonmatsu has some of my favourites. Continue reading Nihonmatsu’s Many Gods
Some days I lounge about doing absolutely nothing, and other days I squeeze in a million things and spend every moment wide awake. This was one of those days, and it began with a group of lovely housewives. Continue reading Lanterns and Lifelong Dreams
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