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Along the Avenue to Tanigumi Kegonji: Part Two of Five
Pausing at shops and a restaurant along the broad avenue, we work our way up the steady incline toward Tanigumi Kegonji temple. Continue reading
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Tagged Chrysanthemum stone, Gifu, Japan, Japan travel, Kika seki, Konnyaku Potato, Tanigumi Kegonji
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On Our Way to Tanigumi Kegonji: Part One of Five
We are lost. Not exactly lost as our driver and the rest of us know are in Gifu on our way to Tanigumi Kegonji. Continue reading
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Tagged Gifu, Japan, Japan travel, sacred journey, Tanigumi Kegonji
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Ise Jingu, Grand Shrine of Ise
Famous people—Nobel laureates, historians and writers—have remarked on Ise Jingu’s palpable power as well. I too feel that neck-prickling force which prompts spontaneous tears. Continue reading
3. 11. 2014
We cry out for what we have lost, and we remember you again. ~ Leonard Cohen ~
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An Encounter with the Ancestors
Now I understand why I was laughing. Who knew I would meet my ancestors so far from home? Continue reading
Writing for a Living: Find Your Path into Professional Writing
There are great prizes–coaching and consulting sessions with working writers, as well as a one-year Student Membership in PWAC to be won–and fabulous people to meet. Continue reading
Evening in the Tokugawa Museum Gardens
Why is it that when one is away from home adventure is not only possible but desirable? Continue reading
Patrick Chan WINS Silver in Sochi
Patrick Chan did not settle for silver. He WON it. Continue reading
Musings from the Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts
The Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts is home to numerous old manuscripts and some of Japan’s great wood block artists’ prints. Continue reading
Semantic Tangles over a JR Rail Pass
The JR Rail Pass can only be obtained outside Japan by non-Japanese and allows visitors almost unlimited riding on the JR Train system as well as some ferries and buses. Continue reading
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Tagged failed communication, JR Rail Pass, semantic tangles
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