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10 September 2012

Day 5 - Kurashiki - First day of 2012 – Jūnihitoe Ceremony and Bikan Area




2011 was in the past and I was already in 2012. On top of that, I was blessed to be in my favourite holiday destination – Japan.

After such a nice day in the mountains and amazing food the first year of the year was going to be a truly religious experience. I went with my friend to give the first pray of the year in 2012.  According to the tradition we went to the most important shrine in Kurashiki called Achi-Jinja or  阿智神社  located on the top of a hill called  Tsurugatayama or 鶴形山.

This hill is located right in the middle of the cultural and touristic area called Bikan. Bikan due to its beauty and proper has been used in many movies and series that are uncommon on this side of the world.

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6 March 2012

Kyoto - 京都 Day 1: 八坂神社 Yasaka-jinja - 音羽山清水寺 - Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera - Heian-jingu - 平安神宮



Yasaka Jinja - Main Gate
Yasaka Jinja - Main Gate


Up till now everything had been brilliant! Ōsaka proved to be a great city and now I was in another city Kyoto - also known for being the previous capital of Japan, when Tokyo used to be called Edo. Was Kyoto going to be better than Osaka?