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Adventures in Kansai and Beyond

Bishamon-do: Kyoto’s Best Kept Fall Secret

On the outskirts of Kyoto City in the Yamashina district is Bishamon-do Temple. This little temple remains quiet most of

If you come to Kyoto in the fall, you will likely be on the hunt for a place where you

While the town of Azuchi is most famous for Azuchi Castle, one of Oda Nobunaga’s most impressive fortresses, nearby Kannoshoji

While for many people in Kansai, the name Ichijo-ji is the name of a popular ramen district in Kyoto, however

The city of Maizuru sits in the northernmost part of the Kansai region. On the eastern border of this city

If you decide to set out on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, you will quickly realize that all the temples are

Near the beginning of the Amanohashidate Sanbar there is a huge temple called Chionji Temple, commonly known as Monju-do. Enshrining the

Resting at the tip of the Kii Penisula, far away from any nearby cities, is the first, and oldest temple