IKI ("KI") If you want to read the full story, start here: Koyasan story - Part 1 The day after a night's rest in the Buddhist monastery was Kobo Daishi's birthday which this year coincided with the 1,200th anniversary where he introduced esoteric buddhism...
ŌGI ("SEN") Lorayne and Jake are the two people from the right. Here we were playing a Japanese game at the festival that night! I won.. ahem... :D Besides Una, Tehilah and I staying at the monastery, we also met a really nice...
TANOSHII ("GAKU") "Playing Lecuona" movie poster This is an unusual post today because it is not related to travel necessarily but I recently...
KAWA For my study abroad program to Japan, China, and S. Korea with the University of Miami School of Architecture, I had the opportunity of living in Kyoto, Japan for a little over a month. A very kind waitress taught my friend...
HI The other day I stumbled upon this video which gives you a sort of crash course on the entire history of Japan...
AME ("U") If you want to read the full story, start here: That's me wearing a yukata in front of the Buddhist monastery where I stayed while in Koyasan Part 1 - Koyasan Story Part 2 - Koyasan Story Koya-san was like a...
HITO ("JIN") What is this symbol and why do I keep running into it everywhere? This is what I would commonly ask myself while in Japan and China. When I finally learned what it meant, I was like.. "oh... DUH." Hito is the...
