Far often, have I seen things that caught my eye on the train or on the shinkansen which makes me want to visit a location and find out what I saw. The Bodhisattva Kannon in Kamakura, also known as Ofuna Kannon, is one of those Read More …
When I heard there was a little museum inside the Bodhisattva Kannon at Ofuna Kannon in Kamakura, I expected it to be small. Afterall, when visiting the Great Buddha, Kotoku-in in Kamakura, going inside of it, it was more or less feeling the interior of Read More …
Once you reach the top, you finally come across the 82 ft., 1900-ton reinforced concrete statue of the Guanyin Bodhisattva Kannon. Guanyin is the Chinese translation fothe Bodhisattva known as Avalokitesvara and is a Buddhist Bodhisattva associated with compassion and mercy. According to wikipedia sources: Read More …
Before we get to Ofuna Kannon, as you are making your way to the stair area, there are a few things you will come into contact. One is the Ema area. Ema is the small wooden plaques in which Shinto and Buddhist worshippers write their Read More …
Around the vicinity past the entrance of Ofuna Kannon in Kamakura City, you will come upon several important things to see at the location. The first thing to notice is a big monument and numerous things next to it and also a bhodhisattva Kannon statuette. Read More …
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, Ofuna Kannon requires walking from Ofuna Station to get to the location (not very far, but you have to go around to avoid traffic) and also requires you walking up a hill to get to the top. In order Read More …
Before anyone wonders, “Where is part 1?”, well, back in March 20, 2018, I made the first travel blog post about Ofuna Kannon. Detailing the history of the bodhisattva Kannon but it was merely seeing the statue from Ofuna Station. I ended that blog post Read More …
As I was able to explore Kotoku-in and after having this location on my bucket list, it was nice to finally say that I’ve finally visited. Sometimes certain locations gets pushed away due to time, weather or changes in decisions. It was great to see Read More …
The next thing we are going to take a look at for Kotoku-in is the interior of the Great Buddha. To the left of the bronze sculpture is where one can pay and go inside it. And it’s fairly inexpensive, if I recall, the price Read More …
Located not far from Hase Station in Kamakura is a small temple known as Shugenji Temple. The location is the former resident of Shijo Kingo, a samurai and vassal of Ema Mitsuoki (the Ema family was a branch of the ruling Hojo clan) and a Read More …
It’s one thing to expect see the giant bronze Buddha statue at Kōtoku-in in Kamakura, but there was a moment of time, while I looked out the window and I was shocked to see a huge white head in the middle of trees near Ōfuna Read More …
When you head to Kotoku-in in Kamakura, Kanagawa, one thing you will notice a lot of are soft cream (ice cream) shops. In fact, the area takes pride in their ice cream that you’ll even see President Obama partaking in soft cream. And one of Read More …
In the Shonan and Kamakura area of Kanagawa, there is one street food that I absolutely love and it’s called jacoyaki (or jakoyaki) While takoyaki (a popular Japanese snack made of wheat flour-batter and cooked in a molded pan and inside is octopus, tempura, pickled Read More …