Sep 1, 20201 minRoadside Japanese wax trees in Yanagisaka-Sone, the outskirts of Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture.The place of origin of wax trees is in the south of China and Southeast Asia. They came to Kagoshima, Japan, by way of Okinawa from Chin...
Aug 27, 20201 minHie Shinto Shrine in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, used to be a tutelary shrine of Edo Castle.It is said that this shrine originally was a branch shrine of Hie Shrine in Kawagoe City, located north of Tokyo. When early Edo Castle w...
Aug 21, 20201 minJianzhen, a very high-ranking Buddhist monk from Tang Dynasty, China, died in Nara, Japan, in 763.The Imperial Court in Yamato, present Nara, was Embarrased with how to train the young Buddhist monks, as there was no proper leader in J...
Aug 16, 20201 minGokoku-ji Buddhist temple in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, was erected by Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, the 5th shogun.Being located in the midtown area of Tokyo, this temple still keeps up tranquil atmosphere nonetheless, as if it were in the 17th centur...
Aug 7, 20201 minTaiko-bei wall of Sanjusangen-do temple in Kyoto is on the list of an important cultural asset.Momoyama culture featuring magnificent lavishness blossomed in Kyoto and its vicinity in the second half of the 16th century. Toyotomi H...
Aug 6, 20201 minMikoshi portable shrine is an object, in which Shinto spirit is temporarily enshrined.An annual Shinto festival is held mainly in summer to drive away epidemics and in autumn to celebrate a good harvest. During these annu...
Aug 6, 20201 minHaneda Airport Shinto shrine stands in Tokyo Haneda Airport terminal building.Terminal 1 of Tokyo-Haneda Airport building is surprisingly equipped with a small shrine as shown in the picture. This shrine was establ...
Jul 25, 20201 minMizumoto-koen is the largest municipal park in Tokyo.Being located in Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, this wetland park lies on the reclaimed land from the riverside area of the Edo River. This site ...
Jul 21, 20201 minDenzuin Buddhist temple in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, was the family temple of the Tokugawa shogun's family.Being originated in 1415, this temple was renamed Denzuin in 1603. Denzuin was the Buddhist name of the mother of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the f...
Jul 14, 20201 minChichibu Shinto Shrine is well known for the venue of Chichibu night festival.Chichibu night festival (Chichibu Yomatsuri), which is in the list of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, is the annual festival of this...
Jul 9, 20201 minShowa Commemorative Government-run Park stands in Tachikawa City, Tokyo.This extensive urban park was built in the site of former Tachikawa Airport of the Imperial Japanese Army. The first phase of constructi...
Jul 6, 20201 minThe old gardens of Daijoin Buddhist Temple in Nara City formed the basic style of Japanese gardens.Daijoin Temple, built by a high-ranking priest of Kofukuji Temple in Nara City in 1087, had been a prestigious temple since it was one of...
Jul 2, 20201 minSakurada-mon gate of Edo Castle is on the list of Important cultural assets.Sakurada-mon gate, located at the southernmost point of Edo Castle, the present Imperial Palace, was built as a starting point to Odawara...
Jun 29, 20201 minOkubo Toshimichi, a statesman who contributed in Japan's modernization, was assassinated in Tokyo.The Satsuma domain, present Kagoshima Prefecture, was one of the main forces to implement the anti-Shogunate movement as well as Japan's ...
Jun 21, 20201 minMiyagi Michio is a well-known koto, Japanese harp, musician.Born in Kobe in 1894, Miyagi Michio lost his sight due to disease when he was seven years old. This made him to go into the field of musi...
Jun 9, 20201 minMitsuke means a gate equipped with a guardhouse to capture espionages.The huge Edo Castle is said to have fifty-five gates, and thirty-six of them standing along the inner and outer moats are mitsuke-gates. ...
Jun 1, 20201 minThe Pan Pacific Temple Bell of Genkaku-ji Buddhist Temple in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.This temple bell, made in 1690, was donated from Genkaku-ji Temple in Tokyo to Nanyo-ji Temple in Saipan Island in 1937, because Saipan w...
May 28, 20201 minThe Supreme Court and Heiwa-no-Gunzo in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.The site, where these landmarks are found, used to be the important base of the Japanese army before the Second World War. After the wa...
May 22, 20201 minImamiya Ebisu Shinto Shrine in Naniwa-ku, Osaka, is widely known as a god of thriving business.Among many prestigious shrines with a long history in Osaka, this shrine is one of the oldest ones. It is said that this was built in 60...
May 19, 20201 minJindai-ji in Chofu City is the second oldest Buddhist temple in Tokyo.Jindai-ji, built in 733, is the second oldest Buddhist temple in Tokyo, after Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa. This was reduced to ashes, how...
