Temples and shrines- from different regions and different relisions.
Between August 13th and August 15th the Japanese celebrate the Buddhist festival of Obon. They believe the spirits of their dead ancestors return to the land of the living and visit their family shrines. On the first day of the festival I went to a Buddhist temple to see some traditional music. The atmosphere was […]
Religion in Japan is a little bit complicated. The most widely followed religions are Buddism and Shintoism but people don’t seem to choose one or the other, instead following different parts of each- a bit like pic’n’mix. For instance, wedding ceremonies tend to be Shintoist whereas funerals are almost always Buddhist. That aside, there are […]
The kids are on school holidays at the moment, which in Japan does’t meen too much- they still go to school to do club activities and you always see them riding around town in their school uniforms. Fortunately, I am exempt, so days can end up quite lazy with time to kill. Wanting to get […]
snow monkey photography 