We recommend visiting Japanese historical buildings such as Castles, Shrines ae well as Temples from the view points of Artistic and Architectural design.   February 07, 2025

Japanese historical buildings…の続きを読む

  Ema is a small pentagonal wooden plate on which people write their wishes and dedicate it to shrines and temples. One side of the plaque usually has a picture of horse or the animal representing the zodiac sigh of that year. On the other side, which is blank, people write their wishes for wide variety of things, then hang the Ema up the certain places in the Shrine or Temple.   February 06, 2025

Ema…の続きを読む

  本日は全国的に寒波の影響で、九州でも今年2回目の雪が降りました。 写真は北九州の篠崎神社です。   2025年2月5日

今年2回目の雪…の続きを読む

  It is 2nd snow in Kyushu in this Winter. The photos are at Shinozaki Hachiman Shrine in Kitakyushu-city. Feburuary 05, 2025

Snow in Kyushu…の続きを読む

  Bayside Place Hakata is a shopping mall and entertainment complex adjoining the Hakata Port Passenger Terminal. Beautiful view from the Bayside tower observatory place can be enjoyed, such as overview of Hakata Port as well as Fukuoka-city including Fukuoka boat race stadium.   February 04, 2025

Bayside Place Hakata…の続きを読む

  You first visit Fukuoka, we really recommend Tochoji temple for feeling Japanese culture. The largest seated wooden image of Buddha in Japan. Tochoji temple was founded in 806 by Kobo-daishi Kukai and it is the oldest temple of the Shingon sect in Japan that  Kobo-daishi set up.   February 03, 2025

Tochoji temple, in Fukuoka-city…の続きを読む

  We conducted the environment tour of Itoshima for Kitakyushu citizen group and took  lunch at authentic Seafood restaurant, Isonoya. Enjoyed Special seafood dish used fresh fishes caught in the Genkai Sea.    February 02, 2025

Today’s lunch at Itoshima…の続きを読む

  Hiburi-shinji is the annual festival held at Aso Shrine in Aso, Kumamoto-prefecture. Hiburi-shinji is a Shinto ritual that signifies the wedding ceremony of the gods. A ring of flames swinging heroically colors the Shrine at night, and the whole area is enveloped in a fantastical atmosphere. After Hiburi-shinji end, spring comes to Aso. February 01, 2025

Hiburi-shinji, at Aso Shrine…の続きを読む

  Father Maximilian Kolbe was born in Poland in 1894 and was a priest of the Conventual Order of St. Francis. He had been active in promoting the veneration of the Immaculate Virgin Mary. He came to Japan in 1930 and began educating seminarians and publishing a monthly magazine ” the veneration of the Immaculate Virgin Mary.” After that, the number of Japanese people who understood God’s teachings increased, and Hongouchi Church was established in 1931.   After six years in Japan, he returned to Poland for health reasons. And then, he volunteered to die in place of a man named Franciszek Gajowniczek in the German death camp of Auschwitz, located in German-occupied Poland.   Saint Kolbe Memorial Museum was built to commemorate his canonization in 1986.  

Saint Kolbe Memorial Museum, at Hongouch…の続きを読む