Dragons of Beijing – A Forbidden City Legend
Enter the Dragon’s Realm: The Forbidden City Dragons in the Forbidden City: A Realm of Legends Dragons in the Forbidden City are everywhere. Step through the towering gates of Beijing’s…
Thean Hou Temple, Kuala Lumpur
The 6-tiered Thean Hou Temple, located in Kuala Lumpur, is one of Southeast Asia’s largest and most beautiful temples. The temple is a fusion of three beliefs – Buddhism, Taoism,…
Hakone Shrine Gate
Hakone Shrine (箱根神社, Hakone Jinja) stands at the foot of Mount Hakone along the shores of Lake Ashinoko. The shrine buildings are hidden in the dense forest but are well…
Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an, China
The Terracotta Warriors are the primary reason visitors travel two and a half hours north of Shanghai to Xi’an. This terracotta army of warriors, each with a distinct face after…
おみくじ or o-mikuji
These are fortune-telling papers. If you don’t like the outcome of what they predict. You just tie them to a rope and forget about them. On the other hand, if…
Okinawa, Japan
Known as the “Hawaii of Japan”, Okinawa has amazing star-gazing, diving, unique cuisine, and yes, cherry blossoms too. Whatever misconceptions you might have had about this prefecture, we set the…
Yosa Buson
Drinking up the cloudsit spews out cherry blossoms –Yoshino Mountain. Wind blowsthey scatter and it diesfallen petals Petals fallingunable to resistthe moonlight Sakura, sakurathey fall in the dreamsof sleeping beauty…
Haiku Poetry About Japan’s Cherry Blossoms
A cloud of cherry blossoms;The temple bell,－Is it Ueno, is it Asakusa? How many, many thingsThey call to mindThese cherry-blossoms! Very brief –Gleam of blossoms in the treetopsOn a moonlit…