#deepjapan

奈良の桜井にある三輪神社⛩️に行った。人に誘われたので散歩をした。そこにある大木にお参りをした。

時には現実を紹介したい。

(*これは未加工の写真です。実在する場所です。）

Canon Eos M2にて撮影。

I visited Miwa Shrine in Sakurai, Nara. A friend invited me for a stroll, so I walked the grounds and paid my respects to the great sacred tree.

Sometimes I just want to show reality as it is.

(*This is an unedited photo of an actual place.)

April Start! It's time to start ringing the bell and waving the flag! Come to Kagawa!!!!

If you have been to Japan, or are familiar with life in Japan or how typical Japanese people live, you might know that April is when the year “starts”. This is the time that kids go back to school and also when many people start a new job. In our language schools we meet a lot of kids who are new to this area, and new to Kagawa. It’s also a time when the cherry blossoms have already mostly flown…

Naruto Sake Story: Scene 15 – Rice, The Source of Sake

When you come to Japan, and then to Tokushima, to see where and how sake is created, you should take the time to go to the field with the masters who brew it. It’s a long process, but it is done with a unique kind of care and love. These are the people who have sake in their blood, and like the water that flows through their fields, it ties all parts of their lives together. From the clearing of…

Naruto Sake Story: Scene 7 – Ryouzenji Temple

Ryouzenji: The first temple of the 88 on the Shikoku Buddhist Pilgrimage When you come to the Naruto Sake Story in Tokushima you may not realize it yet but you are on the very threshold of the Shikoku 88 Buddhist Temple Pilgrimage. World-renowned and known all over Japan as the sacred path of the priest named Kukai. From the temple of Ryouzenji you will find many pilgrims at the start line of…

Bad handwriting club!