Time, the impact it has on our memories, our priorities, and our sense of responsibility for crimes and injustice, is something I’ve been thinking about a lot. This was the only structure left standing where the first atomic bomb exploded on August 6th, 1945. The United States air dropped it on the Japanese city of Hiroshima and it killed about 146,000 people. We are talking about people old enough to be our grandparents, it wasn’t THAT long ago and we still feel unconnected. Why? 🤷🏼♀️So often, we’re asked to remember …
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While in Kyoto | Mientras tanto en Kyoto
If you visit a place with a torii gate that means its Shinto. Shinto is considered Japan’s native religion; the main ideas behind are rooted not in the after-life, like many other popular belief systems, but rather in finding harmony with your current surroundings in the present. The best way to see all of Fushima-Inari Taisha Shrine is to hike to the summit of 233m, Mt. Inari-san. Is about 5km and it’s about 2-3hrs. It’s worth it! But if you don’t want to make it all the way to the …
Meet the The Great Buddha of Kamakura |Conozca el Gran Buddha of Kamakura
He was inside a temple hall at the beginning which was further destroyed by storm, earthquakes, tsunamis, many times…he has stood in the open meditating under the sky for about 500 years. And rain or shine there I was too. I truly experienced how imposing the 2nd most largest bronze statue was, once I went inside. I stood right in the center of the body and looked up. I checked how it was cast, the beauty of his cracks and the light that went through them…a story of resilience under the …