Comments on: Japan Photo of the Week: Kasuga Taisha http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/02/japan-photo-of-the-week-kasuga-taisha/ Japan News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ponta http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/02/japan-photo-of-the-week-kasuga-taisha/comment-page-1/#comment-213853 ponta Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:31:54 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=5363#comment-213853 Wow, Thanks.　m(_ _)m So I guess the ancestors of Tokyo people have less traffic jam to this world. Wow, Thanks.　m(_ _)m
So I guess the ancestors of Tokyo people have less traffic jam to this world.

]]> By: Japan Photo of the Week: Kasuga Taisha [ Japan Probe ] http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/02/japan-photo-of-the-week-kasuga-taisha/comment-page-1/#comment-213574 Japan Photo of the Week: Kasuga Taisha [ Japan Probe ] Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:48:53 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=5363#comment-213574 [...] 2nd 2008 1:06am [-] From: japanprobe.com [...] [...] 2nd 2008 1:06am [-] From: japanprobe.com [...]

]]> By: medaka http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/02/japan-photo-of-the-week-kasuga-taisha/comment-page-1/#comment-213395 medaka Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:04:13 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=5363#comment-213395 Correction: Jizo Bon is held at Gango-ji on August 23 and 24 .... Correction: Jizo Bon is held at Gango-ji on August 23 and 24 ….

]]> By: Aki http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/02/japan-photo-of-the-week-kasuga-taisha/comment-page-1/#comment-213384 Aki Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:56:27 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=5363#comment-213384 I don't know well about the date of Obon. It seems complicated. Until Meiji Restoration, Obon was around July 15 of the lunar calender which corresponds to around Augast 15 of the solar calender. When solar calender was introduced into Japan in the beginning of the Meiji Era, local government of Tokyo seems to have decided to do Obon on around July 15 of the solar calender. My birthplace in northern Kanto do Obon on around August 15 of the solar calender that roughly corresponds to July 15 of the lunar calender. I think that majority of places in Japan do it on around August 15 of the solar calender in these days. I don’t know well about the date of Obon. It seems complicated. Until Meiji Restoration, Obon was around July 15 of the lunar calender which corresponds to around Augast 15 of the solar calender. When solar calender was introduced into Japan in the beginning of the Meiji Era, local government of Tokyo seems to have decided to do Obon on around July 15 of the solar calender. My birthplace in northern Kanto do Obon on around August 15 of the solar calender that roughly corresponds to July 15 of the lunar calender. I think that majority of places in Japan do it on around August 15 of the solar calender in these days.

]]> By: medaka http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/02/japan-photo-of-the-week-kasuga-taisha/comment-page-1/#comment-213339 medaka Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:19:06 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=5363#comment-213339 Also quite impressive is Jizo O-bon, held in many places in Kansai on August 12 and 13. Best place in Nara is Gango-ji temple in Naramachi. Hundreds of Candles and oil lamps are placed in front of rows and rows of Jizo statues and Go-rin-to. Good food is also available, from local high-end restaurants that set up booths (i.e., no yakuza tako-yaki). Highly recommended.... Also quite impressive is Jizo O-bon, held in many places in Kansai on August 12 and 13. Best place in Nara is Gango-ji temple in Naramachi. Hundreds of Candles and oil lamps are placed in front of rows and rows of Jizo statues and Go-rin-to. Good food is also available, from local high-end restaurants that set up booths (i.e., no yakuza tako-yaki). Highly recommended….

]]> By: medaka http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/02/japan-photo-of-the-week-kasuga-taisha/comment-page-1/#comment-213337 medaka Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:12:32 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=5363#comment-213337 I've seen the lanterns, and don't recommend it -- you have to pay an antrance fee, wait in line, and are then herded through in groups like any other attraction. More impressive is the nighttime opening of Todai-ji's Daibutsu-den -- August 15th, I think, and again on December 31 (double-check those dates...). The interior of the hall is lit and the window is open at night so that you can see the face of the the Great Buddha from the outside. You also get to enter the grounds through the normally closed front gate and are free to roam around as you like. And unlike normal World Heritage business days, no entrance fee is charged. I’ve seen the lanterns, and don’t recommend it — you have to pay an antrance fee, wait in line, and are then herded through in groups like any other attraction.

More impressive is the nighttime opening of Todai-ji’s Daibutsu-den — August 15th, I think, and again on December 31 (double-check those dates…). The interior of the hall is lit and the window is open at night so that you can see the face of the the Great Buddha from the outside. You also get to enter the grounds through the normally closed front gate and are free to roam around as you like. And unlike normal World Heritage business days, no entrance fee is charged.

]]> By: morningstar http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/02/japan-photo-of-the-week-kasuga-taisha/comment-page-1/#comment-213314 morningstar Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:03:47 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=5363#comment-213314 I love to see the shrines in Japan they are so beautiful. Bring peace to the eyes and the soul. Thank you for the photo. I love to see the shrines in Japan they are so beautiful. Bring peace to the eyes and the soul. Thank you for the photo.

]]> By: ponta http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/02/japan-photo-of-the-week-kasuga-taisha/comment-page-1/#comment-213210 ponta Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:55:57 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=5363#comment-213210 <blockquote>t is believed that eyesight of the spirits are poor but that they can see fire. Therefore fire plays an important role in Obon</blockquote> I didn't know. Thank you. BTW in Tokyo Obon comes in July. I don't think my deceased father is confused about when to come because he was Tokyoite. But I am wondering why Obon comes in July in Tokyo. Do you have any idea? Nice photo, Evan.

t is believed that eyesight of the spirits are poor but that they can see fire. Therefore fire plays an important role in Obon

I didn’t know. Thank you. BTW in Tokyo Obon comes in July. I don’t think my deceased father is confused about when to come because he was Tokyoite. But I am wondering why Obon comes in July in Tokyo. Do you have any idea?

Nice photo, Evan.

]]> By: Aki http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/02/japan-photo-of-the-week-kasuga-taisha/comment-page-1/#comment-213196 Aki Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:57:38 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=5363#comment-213196 I don't know Obon in Nara, but Obon is generally the period when spirits of ancestors return to this world from their world. In the beginning of Obon, people visit the grave of ancestors to take the ancestors' spirits home, then they welcome the spirits home with food, flowers and some decorations. At the end of Obon, people visit the grave again to see the spirits returning to their world. It is believed that eyesight of the spirits are poor but that they can see fire. Therefore fire plays an important role in Obon. When people visit graves, they carry lantern with a candle inside so that spirits can follow the light of the candle. Probably this is the reason that lanterns in Kasuga Taisha are lit during Obon. As long as the lanterns are lit, spirits can stay around the fire. I don’t know Obon in Nara, but Obon is generally the period when spirits of ancestors return to this world from their world. In the beginning of Obon, people visit the grave of ancestors to take the ancestors’ spirits home, then they welcome the spirits home with food, flowers and some decorations. At the end of Obon, people visit the grave again to see the spirits returning to their world.

It is believed that eyesight of the spirits are poor but that they can see fire. Therefore fire plays an important role in Obon. When people visit graves, they carry lantern with a candle inside so that spirits can follow the light of the candle. Probably this is the reason that lanterns in Kasuga Taisha are lit during Obon. As long as the lanterns are lit, spirits can stay around the fire.

]]> By: Evan http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/02/japan-photo-of-the-week-kasuga-taisha/comment-page-1/#comment-213023 Evan Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:01:48 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=5363#comment-213023 sorry I don't have any more details, can anyone else that lives in Nara or Kansai fill us in anymore? sorry I don’t have any more details, can anyone else that lives in Nara or Kansai fill us in anymore?

]]> By: Americajin http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/02/japan-photo-of-the-week-kasuga-taisha/comment-page-1/#comment-212676 Americajin Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:05:26 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=5363#comment-212676 Oh, nice - any more detail on Obon plz? :) Oh, nice – any more detail on Obon plz? :)

]]> By: Americajin http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/02/japan-photo-of-the-week-kasuga-taisha/comment-page-1/#comment-212675 Americajin Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:59:52 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=5363#comment-212675 More info on Obon plz? :) More info on Obon plz? :)

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