FIVE STORIED PAGODA Built in 1407 Height: 28.38 meters (94.6 ft) It was originally developed as stupa. It has changed its shape from India through China, Korea to Japan. It had developed 5 storied buildings in China. Originally meant as a gravestone for Gautama Budda and told the ashes of Budda are buried underneath. 5 …
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HOKOKU JINJA SHRINE (SENJOKAKU PAVILION) It seems there’s another HOKOKU JINJA in Japan and TOYOKUNI JINJA also has the same KANJI character too. There are so many HOKOKU JINJA SHRINE in Japan. The name came from “HOKOKU-DAIMYOJIN” which is HIDEYOSHI TOYOTOMI’s Shingo(a title name given to a shinto name ) SENJOKAKU PAVILION is a moniler …
RELATION BETWEEN BAUM KUCHEN AND HIROSHIMA? Have you heard “Baum Kuchen”? This is name of German cake means “Log cake” in English. The characteristic rings appear when you sliced resemble tree rings. Hiroshima is the first place sold Baum Kuchen in Japan at Hiroahima Industrial Promotion Hall (later know as “Atomic Bomb Dome”) in 1919. …
JAPANESE GARDEN next to Hiroshima Sun Plaza If you are looking for family place on a way to Miyajima, I recommend you to stop by Shin-Inokuchi station, JR Sanyo line. Heading to walk toward Hiroshima Sun Plaza (Sports Arena and Hotel) 5 minutes you’ll be there. Then look west, you can see there is a …
GREAT TORII GATE in MIYAJIMA Original was built in 1168 same year with Itsukushima shrine. Height : 16.6 meter (55ft) Between the post : 10.9 meter (38ft) Weight : approx 60 ton Current Torii gate is the 8th generation since 1875. It is under major repair work until 2023 spring. One post was from …
THE PEACE BELL The peace bell was built on September 20th 1964 for persisting world peace. Height: 1.5 meter, Weight: 1.2 ton DESIGN AND MESSAGE It described a borderless world map on the surface hoping for a borderless world. As a symbol of peace, the pigeon statue is on the top. What’s on …
Before visit Miyajima Check the tide chart If you came to Miyajima to see floating shrine and Torino gate, the things is you need to check tide chart of there in advance, so you can enjoy Miyajima with perfect look. Itsukushima shrine has two face when tide is low and high. You can be touched …
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Some tomb stones are found about 50m from the Atomic-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Japan. Some tombstones are still there since the Atomic bomb exploded and we can see what happened here. You can see the difference between the surface of top and side. Top surface is rough and the side is smooth to keep the …
It is said there are 3 reasons why Torii gate and Japanese shrine painted vermillion(red)? It is believed that vermillion color ward off evil spirits. Mercury sulfied is material of vermillion paint and this is a chemical compound of Mercury(Hg) and Sulfer(S).These are known as toxic and people would like to ward off evil spirits. …
Have you seen straw mat is wrapping on pine tree in Japanese garden? This is called “Komo-Maki”. “Komo” is straw mat, “Maki” means wapping. This is counter measure for collect pine tree bugs to take advantage of that bugs habit to spend winter in fallen leaves. It will burn when spring has come. It has …