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Adventures in Kansai and Beyond

The Taika Reforms: Creating Japan’s Government

Creating Japan’s central government was no easy task. For years prior, political scheming and assassinations haunted Japan. The key to

If you had to pick the most famous historic figure in Japan, who would it be? Some might pick Oda

When someone says “Kyoto” the golden Kinkaku-ji immediately comes to mind. Like the Tsutenkaku in Osaka, or the Todai-ji in

You can find Unusual graves and tombs in just about every culture throughout the entire world. Typically the more important,

The onmyo-ji known as Abe no Seimei is one of most famous people in Japanese history and there are many

There is a saying that in Japan one “lives by Shinto and dies by Buddhism.” It may seems perplexing to

Like their Shinto counterparts, Buddhist temples are scattered all throughout Japan and are a great sources of Japan cultural and

Shrines obviously make up a large part of the landscape and culture of Japan. Many people, more times than not,