Shimogamo Jinja and Tadusu no Mori.
A short walk from Demachijanagi Station on the Keihan Line, over the Takano River and nestled inbetween the Kamo and Takano rivers you'll...
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Phillip Jackson
- Jul 2
- 2 min
HIDDEN PATHS - Walking Historical Kyoto Updates - Volume 6, Revised Volume 1, and PARANORMAL KANSAI.
HIDDEN PATHS - Walking Historical Kyoto Volume 5 was released at the end of November 2021, and was the biggest volume up to now, by...
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Phillip Jackson
- Jun 11
- 2 min
Disappearing History - A Hidden Military Railway Line.
In the last HIDDEN PATHS - Walking Historical Kyoto blog post we introduced an underground military facility in Obaku, Kyoto that was up...
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Phillip Jackson
- Jun 5
- 2 min
Obaku Underground Military Storage Facility
Across Japan there are many left over ghosts of the past in the form of signs and structures that date back to the late 1800's and up to...
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Phillip Jackson
- Jun 5
- 2 min
Iwafune Shrine Part 3. Going Deeper Into the Caves!
In Part 1 of the Iwafune Shrine blog post we introduced the rock ship of Iwafune Jinja, a story going back 1,500 years when the the...
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Phillip Jackson
- Jun 5
- 3 min
Iwafune Shrine Part 2. The Sacred Caves of Iwafune Jinja.
In the blog post 'Iwafune Shrine Part 1' we introduced Iwafune Jinja, in Kitano, Osaka, close to the borders of Kyoto and Nara. This is a...
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Phillip Jackson
- May 3
- 3 min
Iwafune Shrine Part 1. The Rock Ship of Nigihayahi no Mikoto.
Iwafune Jinja, in Kitano, Osaka, close to the borders of Kyoto and Nara has a story going back 1,500 years when the the enshrined deity...
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Phillip Jackson
- Nov 21, 2021
- 2 min
HIDDEN PATHS - Walking Historical Kyoto Volume 5
The latest volume in the HIDDEN PATHS - Walking Historical Kyoto series is now available in both paperback and digital formats from all...
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Phillip Jackson
- Oct 31, 2021
- 2 min
The Resting Stone of Emperor Tenmu.
In Kohata, Uji is the Kohata Shrine. The shrine is popular for a number of reasons and draws visitors both young and old. Anime fans...
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Phillip Jackson
- Oct 23, 2021
- 3 min
Ghosts of the Battlefield and the Curse of Shibata Katsuie.
In 1582 the then most powerful daimyo and de facto Shogun of Japan, Oda Nobunaga, died at Honno-ji in Kyoto at the hands of Akechi...
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Phillip Jackson
- Oct 16, 2021
- 2 min
The 'Magical' Sago Palm Tree of Gokonomiya-jinja.
Located in the Fushimi Ward of Kyoto is the Gokonomiya-Jinja Shinto Shrine. The shrine is dedicated to Empress Jingu, the goddess of easy...
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Phillip Jackson
- Oct 12, 2021
- 3 min
A Severed Head, Mutilations, and The Return of The Dead at Ichijo Modori Bridge.
Ichijo Modori Bridge is a small crossing over the narrow Horikawa River that is said to be a connection point between the world of the...
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Phillip Jackson
- Oct 8, 2021
- 2 min
The Kawabata Street Ghost
On a cold October night in 1969, a taxi driver was hailed on Kawabata Street close to Kojinguchi by a young woman. Without giving it a...
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Phillip Jackson
- Oct 3, 2021
- 3 min
Tragedy and Paranormality at The Tokugawa Execution Grounds
In this posting we stay in Kansai but step over the borders of Kyoto into neighbouring Osaka for a tragic tale of paranormality that also...
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Phillip Jackson
- Sep 26, 2021
- 1 min
Purification Through the Chinowa.
Until the time of the Meiji Restoration of 1868 Uji Jinja (shrine) was part of the Ujigami Jinja (lower and upper shrines). The main...
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Phillip Jackson
- Sep 23, 2021
- 2 min
Tsuen Masahisa & The Battle of Uji Bridge
On the north east side of the Uji Bridge is a building that dates back to 1673 of a company that traces its foundation to 1160. The Tsuen...
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Phillip Jackson
- Sep 20, 2021
- 2 min
Kamigamo Jinja & The Dragon Stone
Sitting at the base of Ko-yama, in an area of Kyoto said for centuries to be a gateway for malign and evil spirits and demons to enter...
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Phillip Jackson
- Sep 20, 2021
- 2 min
The Assasination of Ashikaga Yoshinori, The Sixth Ashikaga Shogun.
Junenji Temple is of a modern design from 1993 of the Jodo-sect (one of the most widely practiced sects of Buddhism in Japan which dates...
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Phillip Jackson
- Sep 17, 2021
- 2 min
Zuizan and The Assasination of Honma Seiichiro
The summer of 1862 was a time of blood letting on the streets of Kyoto due to assasinations orchestrated by an Imperial Loyalist from...
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Phillip Jackson
- Sep 10, 2021
- 2 min
Hiromu Nakai and Attack on the British Delegation in Kyoto.
Hiromu Nakai was born Yokoyama Kyunoshin in Kagoshima, (Satsuma Domain), in 1838. Although born into a Samurai class family, Nakai had a...
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