‘Onda Festival’ at Asukaniimasu Shrine is one of the 3 Japanese strange festivals. Getting hit the bottom with a Sasara (stripped bamboo stick) is believed to protect the person against…

March 3 was the Girls’ day. Families with daughters decorate special dolls. Miki took the picture of the dolls in Tosakaido in Takatori, Nara.  Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English…

Curls of smokes of incense clear away with the thoughts of people who are commemorating. Miki took this picture at Kinpusenji Temple (in Yoshino, a World Heritage site).  Copyright(C) Miki…

Setsubun (the day before the beginning of spring) Festival, ‘Devil’s Festival’, was held at Kinpusenji Temple which is a World Heritage site. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)

It is said that the origin of it is a festival to appease the spirits of the dead in the large keyhole-shaped tomb mound (Uguisuzuka) located on the summit of…

The festival was held at Dadado in Nenbutsuji Temple. The festival has been designated a significant intangible folk cultural asset of the country. It is holy fire for invocation operated…

It is a traditional festival held annually on January 14 at Dadado in Nenbutsuji Temple. It was the 526th time to hold the festival this year. It has been designated…

Miki took this picture at Chofukuji Temple. This temple is said to be the temple that Monk Gyogi established his sect. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)

Miki took this picture at Nara Rurie Illumination Festival. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)

Where on earth is this? It does not look like Nara at all… Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)

On February 11, the plains in Nara was covered with snow for the first time in years. Miki took this picture at Nigatsudo in Todaiji Temple. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s…