Tsubosakadera temple in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, is known as a place where people can come to pray for eye diseases to be cured. Its main object of worship is a statue of the 11-faced ...
Japan’s annual ritual of “mame-maki ... Like rice, soybeans are considered a symbol of vitality and purity. Inside the Zojoji temple in Tokyo, a number of people including sumo wrestlers ...