Comments on: A Look at the Kasuga Shrine in Kyoto http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/08/04/a-look-at-the-kasuga-shrine-in-kyoto/ My life as a father, Buddhist and Japanophile. Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:44:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Doug http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/08/04/a-look-at-the-kasuga-shrine-in-kyoto/#comment-4425 Doug Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:33:03 +0000 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/?p=8336#comment-4425 Hi Oliver, and welcome to the JLR! Glad I could help! Nara especially has a lot of hidden treasures that I only recently began to understand despite two trips there. :-p Hi Oliver, and welcome to the JLR! Glad I could help! Nara especially has a lot of hidden treasures that I only recently began to understand despite two trips there. :-p

]]> By: Oliver http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/08/04/a-look-at-the-kasuga-shrine-in-kyoto/#comment-4424 Oliver Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:05:48 +0000 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/?p=8336#comment-4424 Hi thanks for the post. I am living in the vicinity of Kasuga Taisha (walked through only yesterday) and what you wrote gave me the feeling I should appreciate my neighborhood more. Anyway - thanks for your efforts and keep up the good work. Oliver Hi

thanks for the post. I am living in the vicinity of Kasuga Taisha (walked through only yesterday) and what you wrote gave me the feeling I should appreciate my neighborhood more.
Anyway – thanks for your efforts and keep up the good work.

Oliver

]]> By: Doug http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/08/04/a-look-at-the-kasuga-shrine-in-kyoto/#comment-4422 Doug Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:26:23 +0000 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/?p=8336#comment-4422 Hi guys, <strong>Troo</strong>: I don't see flight prices getting cheaper anytime soon. I spent most of my efforts now accumulating mileage, and other perks for later. :) Best of luck though in getting there! <strong>Kyoshin</strong>: I suspect a lot of people have visited and failed to notice its significance. It's clearly one of those things that's hard to convey well in a brochure because of all the backstory. This post just scratches the surface, and assumes people already know a little about the Heian Period and such. :-p Hi guys,

Troo: I don’t see flight prices getting cheaper anytime soon. I spent most of my efforts now accumulating mileage, and other perks for later. :) Best of luck though in getting there!

Kyoshin: I suspect a lot of people have visited and failed to notice its significance. It’s clearly one of those things that’s hard to convey well in a brochure because of all the backstory. This post just scratches the surface, and assumes people already know a little about the Heian Period and such. :-p

]]> By: Kyōshin http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/08/04/a-look-at-the-kasuga-shrine-in-kyoto/#comment-4419 Kyōshin Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:47:37 +0000 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/?p=8336#comment-4419 I visited there in the autumn of 2006 and like you didn't really know a lot about the history. My main memories are of the pathway with the moss-covered lanterns and the pine trees full of crows. I felt that it had a very eerie, primeval feeling. Thanks for filling in a bit of the history for me! I visited there in the autumn of 2006 and like you didn’t really know a lot about the history. My main memories are of the pathway with the moss-covered lanterns and the pine trees full of crows. I felt that it had a very eerie, primeval feeling.

Thanks for filling in a bit of the history for me!

]]> By: Troo http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/08/04/a-look-at-the-kasuga-shrine-in-kyoto/#comment-4418 Troo Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:17:32 +0000 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/?p=8336#comment-4418 I'm hoping to head to Nara in next year's Japan trip - depends on whether flight prices ever come back down to normal or remain ludicrously high as to whether or not I'll be able to afford a JR Pass. Should I actually make it to Nara, Kasuga Shrine's on my list of places that I absolutely must see :) I’m hoping to head to Nara in next year’s Japan trip – depends on whether flight prices ever come back down to normal or remain ludicrously high as to whether or not I’ll be able to afford a JR Pass.

Should I actually make it to Nara, Kasuga Shrine’s on my list of places that I absolutely must see :)

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