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Showing posts with label Religion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religion. Show all posts
Sunday, August 20, 2017

Travel Photo: Deep in Prayer

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Spiritual Woman of Kouri Island This photo and probably 200 more, are dated March 19, 2017. A fairly busy time of year for ...
Saturday, March 18, 2017

Okinawan Spirits and Spirituality

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Praying in a Candle Lit Cave It's that time of the year again, where these rituals occur on Kouri-jima.  The photo of t...
Sunday, April 24, 2016

Culture Photo: Prayer at Abushibare

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An Annual Ritual     This scene shows Okinawans praying at the shore before launching small boats into the sea. More about th...
Saturday, February 27, 2016

Grabbing a Burger at 50's Cafe from California

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New Improved Location     Lots of my foodie friends were disappointed when the old hamburger shack closed down. At a busy inte...
Sunday, June 21, 2015

Travel Photo: The Wedded Rocks of Onna Son

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Bound Together with a Sacred Rope     This photo was taken from the shore at Manza Beach Resort late in the morning. ...
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Monday, May 4, 2015

Travel Photo: Japanese Pilgrims

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Junrei (じゅんれい) is a Pilgrimage     Towards the end of March, this year, these pilgrims were spotted on an Okinawan highwa...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Okinawan Spiritual Women in Procession

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Rituals Before a Parade     The scene above occurred at the start of juri-uma in the Tsuji district of Naha, Okinawa. ...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Special Trees and Another Sacred Grove

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Natural Monument of Okinawa Prefecture     Today day was spent searching for the special trees in the Ryukyu culture. A lit...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

Looking Through the Lens at Gokoku Shrine in Naha Okinawa

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The Site and Surrounding Areas     There is a lot more to see at this attraction than, I ever imagined. A few times in the ...
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Finding the Caves on Okinawa Island

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There Must Be Hundreds of Them Spelunking or, cave exploration, isn't really something I'd put in my resume. That...
Monday, June 10, 2013

5 Views of a Sacred Site on Sesoko Island Okinawa

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There are hundreds of sacred sites (Utaki) on the island of Okinawa. The stonework of the walls and steps here resemble that of a ca...
Thursday, January 24, 2013

Travel Photo: Prayer in a Sea Cave Okinawa, Japan

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Going where no one else has been, with a camera, is the way to get the photo no one else has. This travel photo was taken April 3, ...
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