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This is the lower level of Nikko Toshougu, a UNESCO world heritage located in Tochigi prefecture Japan.
One of the shrine around Nikko Tosyougu, in fall the shrines are often lightup up. Nikko area is also...
Rinoji is a temple just 10 minutes walk from Nikko Toshougu in Tochigi prefecture, Japan. It is one ...
男体山-なんたいさん-から噴出した溶岩によってできた奇勝で、川岸に巨岩があって、岩上に晃海僧正-こうかいそうじょう-によって造立された不動明王-ふどうみょうおう-の石像が安置されていた。「かんまん」の名...
この地蔵群には「化地蔵-ばけじぞう-」「並地蔵-ならびじぞう-」「百地蔵-ひゃくじぞう-」などの呼び名がある。化地蔵の名前の由来は、みんな似たような姿なので何回数えても数が合わないからという説と、仏教用...
いろは坂のくだりの景色です。上りよりも下りのほうが紅葉がきれいに見えると、売店の方が言っていました。
華厳の滝（けごんのたき）は、栃木県日光市にある滝。発見者は勝道上人と伝えられ、仏教経典の1つである華厳経から名づけられたといわれる。華厳渓谷周辺では他に阿含滝、方等滝、般若滝、涅槃滝もあることから、五時...
栃木県日光の竜頭の滝です。遊歩道からの眺めは迫力があります。
The eight islands of Japan sprang into existence through Divine Intervention.
The first two gods who came into existence were Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto, the Exalted Male and Exalted Female. It was their job to make the land for people to live on.
They went to the bridge between heaven and earth and, using a jewel-encrusted halberd, Izanagi and Izanami churned up the sea into a frothy foam. As salty drips of water fell from the tip of the halberd the first island was formed. Its name was Onogoro.
So far, so good. But when Izanagi and Izanami first met on their island, Izanami spoke to Isanagi without being spoken to first. Since she was the female, and this was improper, their first union created badly-formed offspring who were sent off into the sea in boats.
The next time they met, Izanagi was sure to speak first, ensuring the proper rules were followed, and this time they produced eight children, which became the islands of Japan.
I'm sure you did not fail to miss the significance of this myth for the establishment of Japanese formal society.
At present, Japan is the financial capital of Asia. It has the second largest economy in the world and the largest metropolitan area (Tokyo.)
Technically there are three thousand islands making up the Japanese archipelago. Izanagi and Izanami must have been busy little devils with their jewelled halberd...
Japan's culture is highly technical and organized. Everything sparkles and swooshes on silent, miniaturized mechanisms.
They're a world leader in robotics, and the Japanese have the longest life-expectancy on earth.
Text by Steve Smith.
