11 Fox Shrine Inside Taicho-ji Temple Takako Sakamoto The Fox Shrine inside Taicho-ji Temple in Fukui doesn't have fox statues. There is a 'cemetery' of broken jizo statues in an ...
16 Taicho-ji Temple: A Jizo Paradise Takako Sakamoto When I visited Taicho-ji Temple in Fukui, I expected to see something related to the famous monk Taicho but, instead, many ji...
16 33 Kannon Statues at Taicho-ji Takako Sakamoto There are 33 Kannon Bosatsu Statues at Taicho-ji Temple in Fukui. If you make a pilgrimage to all of them, it is said that yo...
14 Shougenji Temple, Fukui Takako Sakamoto Shougenji, Fukui, is the head temple of 'Gugan Shinshu', one of many sects of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism. It has a beautiful Japan...
16 Shirayama Shrine in a Rice Field Takako Sakamoto There are millions of Shirayama (Hakusan) Shrines in Japan. I visited one of them I found in my neighborhood, among vast rice...
12 Culture Fujino Genkuro Memorial Hall Shozo Fujii The Fujino Genkuro Memorial Hall explores the connection between Fujino with his lifelong mentor Lu Xun, as well as the conte...
Culture Kanegasaki Shrine in Tsuruga, Fukui Takako Sakamoto Kanegasaki Shrine in Tsuruga, Fukui, enshrines two tragic princes of the Southern Court, but it is now renowned as a 'Power S...
Culture Eishoji Temple, Tsuruga: Fukui Takako Sakamoto Eishoji Temple (Tsuruga, Fukui) is the family temple of the famous Japanese samurai from Sengoku period, Otani Yoshitsugu. He...
14 Gorgeous Kehi Jingu Shrine, Tsuruga Takako Sakamoto Kehi Jingu Shrine in Tsuruga, Fukui prefecture, is the icon of the city. It has been called 'Kei-san, and loved by local peop...
16 Honganji West Annex in Yoshizaki Takako Sakamoto Honganji West Annex in Yoshizaki, Fukui, was built in 1746 at the site of the ruins of Honganji Temple, rebuilt by Head Pries...
