Mar.19, 2010: Let's enjoy cherry-blossom viewing in Nara: strolling to your nearby site

In Nara there're many famous cherry-blossom viewing sites such as Mt.Yoshino, nice spot to visit, however, I would here prefer to tell you nearby good places to enjoy it.

Mar.17, 2010: In Pursuit of the Idealism of Japanese Buddhism

Japanese Buddhism has got to differ significantly from the original one. Well, how about the denial of desires?

Mar.9, 2010: Free services in Japan

Weekly Diamond Vol.98 on Mar.13, 2010 introduced typical free services in Japan.

Mar.6, 2010: Japanese Buddhism looks as if it were indigenous

Buddhism was founded in India and introduced through China and Korea to Japan, and it took in Japan's substratum indigenous religious sense: equality, endless cycle of life and death, and a set of a recited Mass & Ancestor worship, which featured Japanese Buddhism.

Mar.4, 2010: Becoming a buddha in this world

The Kamakura period(1185-1333) saw the idea of "becoming a buddha in this world" in addition to the Pure Land idea "becoming a buddha in the next world" by Honen and Shinran. Here, we're going to take Dogen and Nichiren as examples of the former.