This is what my first day on Ogiima of 2018 looked like: Toyotamahime Shrine. Whoops, I arrived to late for Hatsumode celebrations… Believe it or not, I had never been into that street before. Now, I think I’ve been into all the streets of the village… […]
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I know, this blog doesn’t talk enough about Japan’s weird and bizarre things. My friends who don’t live in Japan complain enough about it, and I’m sure my traffic would be more important if I did so on a regular basis (seeing the kind of topic the “big Japan blogs” […]
I guess it’s time to return to Konpira-san after this pretty long hiatus. I was joking earlier that I wouldn’t be done before 2015, but if I don’t post about its ascension more often, that could actually happen, and we don’t want that, do we? First and foremost, as […]
Last June, I started a virtual guided visit of Konpira-san (sometimes spelled Kompira-san, but the official name is Kotohira-gū), maybe it’s time to resume it, and hopefully finish it before 2015. 😉 In case you forgot or missed the beginning, make sure you read it before going any further: Konpira-san […]