As I mentioned yesterday, around Setsubun the geisha of Kyoto celebrate Obake, a special event where they dress up in costumes. The event h....
21 Mar 11:50 am  from  Mazikeen   [Profile]  [Recent] 

At the start of the year in Kyoto the geisha celebrate a special event with the festival of Setsubun called Obake (the Japanese word for “....
20 Mar 9:36 am  from  Mazikeen   [Profile]  [Recent] 

This is a photograph of the nio (Japanese Buddhist guardian statue) Agyo at the first temple of both the Fudo Myoo and Bekkaku pilgrimages i....
14 Mar 3:56 am  from  Mazikeen   [Profile]  [Recent] 

As I mentioned yesterday, I am doing a yokai theme this weekend for the weekend photographs from Japan. This particular photograph is an old....
7 Mar 2:30 am  from  Mazikeen   [Profile]  [Recent] 

In keeping with the yokai theme I have for this month’s Japan Blog Matsuri I am keeping my weekend photographs to a yokai theme this week.....
6 Mar 12:19 pm  from  Mazikeen   [Profile]  [Recent]