Esashi Royal Hotel Oshu

54-1 Tawara, Esashi-ku Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, Tohoku, Japan

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Shaman Dancing in the Sun

A travel blog entry by trainsnotplanes

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... of some terrifying anime character. And yet these monsters are not designed to scare people or their little sons and daughters for they are good ogres. Unpredictable and hairy, yes, but good, and their purpose is to scare off some other predator, ward off some other evil. In this sense, as with shaman they are both wild and dangerous but ultimately protective and healing.
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Matsushima + Hiraizumi Deel 2

A travel blog entry by jorrr

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... niet dat het minder warm is. De temperatuur komt sowieso de hele vakantie niet onder de 30 graden, ik heb er verder geen last van, en met de regen wordt het meer een sauna dan dat het afkoeld.
We lopen het pad af, bekijken de mooie Shrines en tempels, staan weer is versteld dat er voor ons iemand op gigahoge hakken dezelfde stijle helling beklimt, en keren weer om.

In de loopbus lezen we ook nog iets over tempelruïnes en Mitsuki ...

The Day we sped up traveling II

A travel blog entry by mitsukishiroi

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... unpaved ground! We hear some groaning and moaning from behind us and up we go! Of course, halfway through our climb, it starts raining a little, then more and by the time we're up the hill and in front of a shrine, it's coming down big time! I dash over to a souvenir shop and purchase two umbrellas so that we can keep walking on!

Needless to say, we're laughing like idiots at this crazy weather! Even though it's raining, it's still around 32 degrees celcius and it's ...

Chuson-ji

A travel blog entry by tombery

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... die sie vor Witterungseinflüssen beschützt. Erstaunlicherweise ist das keine neue Idee, eine der älteren Schutzhallen kann man immer noch besichtigen. Der Tempel wird seinem Namen gerecht: bis auf das Dach ist alles mit Gold überzogen, selbst die Veranda. Dort wo kein Gold ist, sind die Säulen mit schwarzem Lack überzogen in welchen man wiederum Muster aus Perlmut eingelassen hat. Leider waren keine Fotos erlaubt, daher müsst ihr leider im Internet nach Bildern ...

Ichinoseki

A travel blog entry by staceyashton

Went to Sekinoichi mochi restaurant but it was full, you should make a reservation if you want to visit on a public holiday. The food looked good but there was no bar you needed to get a table to taste the beer. http://www.sekinoichi.co.jp/
The Katsudon near the train staion with lots of raw egg, was ...