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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Phillip Jackson
- Sep 5, 2021
- 3 min
Imperial Graves at the Kuni-no-Miya Kaya-no Miya Cemetery.
Not far from the Sennyu-ji Temple in Kyoto is an Imperial graveyard called the Kuni-no-Miya, Kaya-no-Miya Cemetery. The Kuni-no-Miya and...
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Phillip Jackson
- Aug 29, 2021
- 4 min
Ikeda-ya Incident - Shinsengumi Attack at Kyoto Sanjo!
In 1864 the Choushu rebels had planned to set fire to the Imperial Palace and kidnap the Emperor. Their eventual plan was to have the...
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Phillip Jackson
- Aug 24, 2021
- 2 min
HIDDEN PATHS - Walking Historical Kyoto updates on works in progress and current projects.
HIDDEN PATHS - Walking Historical Kyoto has been busy recently! There haven't been any new blog posts for a couple of weeks but that...
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Phillip Jackson
- Aug 11, 2021
- 2 min
From Playing Cards to Mario - Nintendo
Think of Kyoto and what comes to mind? Buddhist Temples, Shinto Shrines, kimono's, tea, bamboo forests and mountains, the list goes on....
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Phillip Jackson
- Aug 9, 2021
- 3 min
Saving Sakamoto Ryoma - Attack at Tereda-ya!
Everyone in Japan knows Sakamoto Ryoma, and most people know the role he is said to have played in Japanese history. The story of a young...
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Phillip Jackson
- Aug 8, 2021
- 2 min
Suicide & Wonders at Chion-in
The north entrance to the famous Chion-in Temple is through the Kuromon, the Black Gate. The history of Chion-in goes back to the 12th...
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Phillip Jackson
- Aug 1, 2021
- 2 min
Asahiyama Hiking Trail and the Tombstone of Crown Prince Uji no Wakiiratsuko.
The Maruyama kofun tomb marks the burial place of 4th century Crown Prince Uji no Wakiiratsuko. So why is there a tombstone for the man...
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