Tag Archives: Nara

Nara’s Kasuga-taisha shrine and the divinity of nature

December 15, 2019 · by · in Japan, UNESCO World Heritage Sites · 12 Comments

After we had to cancel our pilgrimage hike across the Kii Peninsula because of Typhoon Hagibis, HOB and I visited the tourist information center in Nara to try to find another hike.  I read that there was a primeval forest nearby and wanted to see if we could hike there.  The friendly man at the […]

Bowing to the deer of Nara in a typhoon

October 12, 2019 · by · in Japan · 15 Comments

Arriving in Nara last night, we went in search of udon,  While slurping up our noodles in a random noodle joint, I looked up at at the TV and said to HOB “look at that weather forecast—looks like there’s a typhoon over Japan.” Oops!  There was a typhoon bearing down on us, projected to be […]