August 25, 2010

Great Shower!

Wednesday, August 25     22℃       Cloudy/Shower
 
That's Koyasan!  In summer, we used to have a shower almost everyday.  But this summer, we didn't have any for almost 2 weeks and that made Koyasan terribly hot and humid.  (Well, still visitors say it's cool but Koyasan was not so hot as today.)  Anyway, since Monday, the 23rd, it started to have a shower.  The yard of Daishi Kyokai where our office is located turned to be like a ocean within 15 minutes.  But wait a minute?  It won't seem to stop.  Well, it never rains but pours turns to be true.  (KQ)
 
 

August 20, 2010

SAVE YOU 30% ON YOUR ADMISSIONS IN KOYASAN

Monday August 20, 2010  Sunny   26C(10:00am)
SAVE YOU 30% ON YOUR ADMISSIONS
KOYASAN COMBINATION TICKET will save you 30% on your admissions in Koyasan.
This ticket covers four places and two religious experiences, shakyo and o-jukai.
There are many places to see in Koyasan.
Many people are baffled, wondering where to go or what to do in Koyasan.
But, you don't have to worry. Just visit the places on this ticket and join in the ritual experiences.
Save your time and save your money. This ticket is availabe at VIC. (SKY)

August 18, 2010

KOYA-KUN




Nara has been celebrating the 1300 year anniversary after establishing the old capital there. Since its preparation, the new unique character, SENTO-KUN has been arousing much controversy. Well, its shocking first impression now got used to be seen.

On the other hand, some people doesn't like to have such an anime-like character appeared in this holly site of Koyasan but KOYA-KUN is getting more and more popular. There are many stationaries, T-shirt, keychains, cell phone straps and so on. Well, Mikkyo, the esoteric Buddhism has many different Buddhas and its teaching is how happy the Buddhas' world is. Buddhas, Boddhisattva, Deities with many different appearance exist there. Why not KOYA-KUN? He looks quite popular among Japanese visiting here. You can see him at KONGOBUJI, the head temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism every Sunday. (KQ)