Tenjin Matsuri: Osaka’s BIggest Festival
The summer festival season in Osaka lasts the entire month of July. All month long, there are summer festivals every
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The summer festival season in Osaka lasts the entire month of July. All month long, there are summer festivals every
Read MoreThere are many shrines to Tenjin, the god of study all over Japan. These “Tenmangu” shrines are very popular in
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Read MoreOn the Uemachi Plateau are hundreds of shrines and temples, many dating back hundreds or even a thousand years, such
Read MoreAlong Midosuji Street, the main vein of Osaka City, are two temples with very similar names, Kita Mido and Minami
Read MoreAs we covered in our post about Kouzu Shrine, emperor Nintoku made Osaka a capital back in 6th century. Osaka
Read MoreThough Japan has been able to preserve a great number of its ancient traditions, there are still some traditions that
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