tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934558532693924262011-04-21T12:52:01.086-07:00Kumano Kodo - World Heritage, buddhism, environment, grand shrines, guided hike, hiking, hiking maps, history, hongu shrine, hot springs, japan,japanese,japanese mythology, jinja, jizo, kansai, kii, kii peninsula, kinan, koyasan, kumano pilgrimage, Sanzan, legends, mountains, nachi falls, nachi taisha, read japanese, religion, sacred, shinto, shintoism, story-teller, tanabe, tanabe city, trail, traveler, unesco world heritage site, visit japan, wakayamaKSnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-393455853269392426.post-31990467977140988162008-02-22T06:58:00.000-08:002008-02-22T06:59:07.309-08:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/393455853269392426-3199046797714098816?l=japanese-history-overview.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-393455853269392426.post-20985796830264564142007-08-29T23:10:00.000-07:002007-10-23T19:27:27.541-07:00The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Heian</span> era was a time of peace and administrative reform, and there was a flowering of culture in many aspects. It began with the move of the imperial court and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">capital</span> city to present-day Kyoto from Nara. It lasted nearly three hundred years from 794 to 1192. The daily life of court nobles was one of observances of superstitions based on Chinese astrology and regular gatherings to produce poetry. During this time the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Shingon</span> sect of Buddhism was established by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Kūkai</span> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Kōbō</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Daishi</span>) on Mount <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Kōya</span> in 816.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/393455853269392426-2098579683026456414?l=japanese-history-overview.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-393455853269392426.post-11171602289604854102007-08-29T22:55:00.000-07:002007-08-29T22:56:00.698-07:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Japanese history extends back thousands of years. <br /></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/393455853269392426-1117160228960485410?l=japanese-history-overview.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>KSnoreply@blogger.com0