Introduce The Kamigamo Shrine. Kamo Shrine is a general term for an important Shinto sanctuary complex near the banks of the Kamo River in northeast Kyoto. It is centered on two shrines, an upper and lower. In Japanese this is called Kamo-jinja (賀茂神社), which translates into English as either "Kamo Shrine" (singular) or "Kamo Shrines" (plural). The two shrines lie in the corner of the old capital w

The Ota shrine is a small shrine near the Kita-ku, Kyoto-shi top Kamo shrine. The Ota shrine near the Kyoto top Kamo shrine is a shrine which makes the enshrined deity Amenouzumenomikoto which is one of the middle shrines outside a boundary of Kamigamo 8 middle shrine now, and is God relevant to an upper Kamo shrine, and Sarutahikonomikoto. The island in the centre of the pond is known as "the flo

Kamo Shrine is a general term for an important Shinto sanctuary complex near the banks of the Kamo River in northeast Kyoto. It is centered on two shrines, an upper and lower. In Japanese this is called Kamo-jinja (賀茂神社), which translates into English as either "Kamo Shrine" (singular) or "Kamo Shrines" (plural). kimon). Because the Kamo River runs from the direction of the "devil's gate" into the

This time introduce Iwashimizu Hachiman-gu Shrine. Iwashimizu Hachiman-gu Shrine is on Mount Otoko at Yawata-shi, about 20 minutes by train southwest of Kyoto. The shrine is dedicated to three spirits: Emperor Ojin, the legendary Empress Jingu and the deity Hime no Okami. It is said that the shrine was founded in 859 when the Buddhist monk Gyokyo asked that the god of Usa Hachimangu Shrine in Kyus

Today introduce Shitenno-ji Temple located in Osaka. Shitennō-ji (四天王寺) is a Buddhist temple in Osaka, Japan. Prince Shōtoku is said to have constructed this temple in 593, around 1400 years ago. It is the first Buddhist and oldest officially administered temple in Japan, although the temple buildings have been rebuilt over the centuries. Most of the present structures are from when the temple was

Introduce Sumiyoshi Shrine located in Osaka. Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine (住吉大社, Sumiyoshi-taisha) is a Shinto shrine in Sumiyoshi ward in the city of Osaka, Japan. It is the main shrine of all the Sumiyoshi shrines in Japan. However, the oldest shrine that enshrines the Sumiyoshi Sanjin, the three Sumiyoshi kami, is the Sumiyoshi shrine in Hakata. It is called "Sumiyoshi-san" or "Sumiyossan" by the loc

Introduce Suma located in western area Kobe City. I'm now living in Kobe City and it takes around 15 minutes by car from my house. Suma-ku (須磨区; Suma-ku) is one of 9 wards of Kobe City in Japan. It has an area of 30.0 km², and a population of 168,400 (2008). There is a white sandy beach in this ward, which attracts tourists to the Kansai region for sun bathing and popular events during the summer

This time introduce "Mount Hiei and Enryaku-ji Temple". Mount Hiei (Hiei-zan) guards the northeastern approach to Kyoto. The sacred mountain and its remote Yokawa precinct are mentioned in the Uji chapters of The Tale of Genji. The Toto, or east precinct, contains the Konpon Chudo, Amida Hall and Kaidan-in - the formerly much-prized ordination platform. The three precincts make up the sprawling mo

This time introduce Akashi City just around 20 km away from my home. Akashi City is also know as the city of Japan Standard Time Meridian is situated exactly on 135°east longitude. The city of seaside parks and industry faces the Akashi straits and the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world, and plays an important role in both sea and land transportation as well as in ind

Awaji Island (淡路島, Awaji-shima) is an island in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, in the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea between the islands of Honshū and Shikoku. The island has an area of 592.17 km². As a transit between those two islands Awaji originally means "the road to Awa", the historic province bordering the Shikoku side of the Naruto Strait, now part of Tokushima Prefecture. The Tale of Genji

Studio Ghibli Inc.'s new feature film, "Kokurikozaka Kara" (From Kokuriko Hill) will hit movie theaters across the country on July 16. Directed by Goro Miyazaki, the film will be screened at theaters affiliated with movie production and distribution company Toho Co. A 3-meter-high poster has been put up at those theaters. Kokurikozaka Kara." The new anime is an adaptation of the manga of the same

Kokurikozaka kara (コクリコ坂から, lit. From Kokuriko Hill) is a Japanese manga series by Tetsurō Sayama and Chizuru Takahashi which was serialized by Kodansha from January to August 1980 in the shōjo manga magazine Nakayoshi. The manga was collected in two volumes published under the KC Nakayoshi imprint. Miyazaki, with a script co-written by the director's father, Hayao, and Keiko Niwa, co-author of th

Studio Ghibli Inc.'s "Karigurashi no Arrietty" (The Borrower Arrietty) animated feature film is due out on Blu-ray and DVD on June 17, Walt Disney Studios Japan said. "Karigurashi no Arrietty" was based on British writer Mary Norton's children's book, "The Borrowers." The anime, about a tiny girl who lives under the floorboards of an old house, was released in July 2010 to immediate success. Each

Satellite anime broadcaster Animax Broadcast Japan Inc. said it will air on Aug. 6 a collection of Hayao Miyazaki's early works produced in the 1970s and '80s. The retrospective program is to celebrate the July 16 release of "Kokurikozaka Kara" (From Kokuriko Hill) by Studio Ghibli Inc., for which Miyazaki provided original story ideas and wrote the screenplay. It is a feature film adaptation of t

Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し, lit. "The Spiriting Away of Sen and Chihiro") is a 2001 Japanese animated fantasy-adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film tells the story of Chihiro Ogino, a sullen ten-year-old girl who, while moving to a new neighborhood and after her parents are transformed into pigs by the witch Yubaba, becomes trapped in an alterna

Studio Ghibli's The Secret World Of Arrietty - adapted from Mary Norton's novel The Borrowers - arrives on US screens February 17th and local distributors Disney have just released a handful of new clips from the film. The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their daug

... "Arrietty" was co-written by Miyazaki and directed by his protégé Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Gary Rydstrom directed the English-language version. The English-language screenplay, in which new dialogue by American voice-over actors had to painstakingly match the mouth movements of the animated characters speaking Japanese, was written by Karey Kirkpatrick. ... This Means War, Secret World of Arriett

It’s been a very, very long time since I’ve seen a film as beautiful as “The Secret World of Arrietty.” Beautiful, in this instance, isn’t just a matter of aesthetics, but one of heart and soul too, as underneath the wonderful wrapping is a mix of melancholy and sunshine that’s difficult to find in the genre anymore. (Hayao Miyazaki) Based on the popular children’s book “The Borrowers,” “The Secre

'The Secret World of Arrietty': Will Japan's Pixar Have Its Big US ... The Atlantic - Feb 17, 2012 The beloved studio behind Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro makes its most ambitious play for American audiences yet with this gentle, well-made adaptation of The Borrowers. As the projectors warm up in U.S. theaters today, 1300 of them are being prepped to pass the latest animated release from Ja