In my last post, I wrote about my visit to a few temples in Kyoto with my friend Ashish, and now, I’m back with a few more to share! Fushimi Inari Taisha is among the most important Shinto shrines in Japan. The Taisha, or grand shrine, is located in Fushimi and is dedicated to Inari, a revered deity or spirit…
The earliest lesson I can remember from any of my textbooks is one from my first-grade English textbook, “New Horizons.” It’s a tale of two frogs—one from Osaka and the other from Kyoto—who decide to explore the world. They journey toward each other’s cities and meet at the top of a mountain. As they raise themselves to peer over the…