A shrine in Ise, Japan.

Ise: Japan’s Holiest Shrine

By Ryan Cole Once long ago there was a Shinto god and goddess, Izanagi and Izanami. They were bored. There was nothing around. So they did what any self-respecting nature deities would do in their situation; they made love, and lots of it. The sex was voracious, lasted days, weeks,…

Kyoto

Kyoto, Japan: A Mixture of Ancient and Modern

Kyoto, Japan: A Mixture of Ancient and Modern By Kent E. St. John Tom Cruise may have been the Last Samurai but I will certainly not be the last gaijin (outsider) to wander Kyoto’s temples. This is precisely the reason Kyoto was spared the big one at the close of…

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