Ep. 099: The Temple of the Warring Monks (11:47 min)

Let's look at a place that was once headquarters for an army of warring monks, Mii-dera on the shores of Lake Biwa and--more significantly--at the base of Mount Hiei, in this episode of--

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Ep. 097: Stone Mountain Temple (9:51 min)

I have been twice to beautiful Ishiyama-dera, Shiga Prefecture's "Stone Mountain Temple." Learn about both visits in this episode of--

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Ep. 095: The Temple among the Rocks (7:58 min)

Another temple, another mountain. Iwama-dera (also called Shoho-ji, meaning "Correct Dharma Temple") is located at an altitude of 1280 feet, which accounts for the misty atmosphere on the January day in 2001 when I visited. Come and see in this episode of--

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Ep. 093: The Upper Ghee Temple (11:38 min)

When you visit Daigo-ji in Kyoto, you get two--or even three--temples for the effort of one. Find out what I'm talking about in this episode of--

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Ep. 091: Uji's Mimuroto-ji and Byodo-in (8:20 min)

Sometimes a pretty little temple leaves the visitor with pretty little to say. Nevertheless, for the sake of completeness, let's pay a quick visit to Mimuroto-ji in Uji--and one of its much more famous neighbors--in this episode of--

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Ep. 089: A Small Hall and a BIG Buddha (7:46 min)

Number 9 on the Saigoku Pilgrimage is a single hall in a formerly-great but these-days-diminished temple in Nara. It also happens to be a fifteen-minute walk from Todai-ji, home of Japan's largest statue of the Buddha. We'll visit both--plus one more--in this episode of--

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Ep. 087: The Other Hase Kannon (6:18 min)

Do you remember the Great Kannon at Kamakura's Hase-dera from Episode 048? Well, let's visit the scene of the rest of the story, the original Hase-dera Temple down south, in this episode of--

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Ep. 085: Oka-dera: The Temple on the Hill (6:56 min)

You can get to the temple in Asuka officially named Ryugai-ji just by saying, "Oka-dera"--the Temple on the Hill. Let's do it in this episode of--

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Ep. 083: Tsubosaka-dera, a Taste of India in Japan (7:36 min)

Come join me for a little "taste of India"--right smack dab in Nara, Japan! in this episode of--

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Ep. 081: Temple of the Kudzu Well (5:59 min)

Fujii-dera, named for the arrowroot or kudzu vine, is found at the end of a shopping street in a suburb of Osaka. Learn more about it in this episode of--

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Ep. 079: Sefuku-ji, the Kansai Pilgrimage's Most Remotest Temple (9:58 min)

Come along as I visit one of the most remotest temples on the Saigoku pilgrimage--these days, at least. Let's visit Sefuku-ji in Izumi City, Osaka Prefecture, in this episode of--

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Ep. 077: A Temple on the Powder River (7:24 min)

Let's continue on down the pilgrim's path from Kimii-dera and visit Number 3 of Japan's Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage in this episode of--

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Ep. 075: Kimii-dera, the Temple of Three Wells (10:17 min)

Come along as I visit this intimate temple (between visiting two of Japan's largest holy sites) in this episode of--

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Ep. 073: Japan's Highest Falls--oh, and a Temple (8:09 min)

Let's visit Seiganto-ji, the first numbered temple of the 33 dedicated to Kannon (Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion) in the Kansai area of Japan, in this episode of--

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Ep. 044: Traipsing Japan's West Country Circuit (9:15 min)

Let's take a look at a pilgrimage which, while not as famous as the one on Shikoku, is still of great significance: the 33 Kannon Temples of Saigoku, around Kyoto, in this episode of--

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Ep. 030: Another Snowy Day at Nariai-ji (12:43 min)

Let's visit one of the Three Most Scenic Spots in Japan, and a wintry mountaintop: just another snowy day at Nariai-ji in Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

All this on today's episode of--

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