2007 Japan Visit

 

Ryogoku, Tokyo - the sumo district in Tokyo

 

Kamakura Daibutsu (Great Buddha in Kamakura, 1243 a.d.)

 

Ise Shrine, Mie Prefecture

 

Koi (carp), Ise Shrine

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Morinomiya Shrine, Osaka -
water from this well used by the legendary tea master Sen-no-Rikyu

 

Five-storey pagoda, Toji temple (796 a.d.), Kyoto
- tallest wooden tower in Japan

 

Bon Odori - dance for the Bon Festival, Osaka

 

The Ichijoin temple at Koyasan, Wakayama Prefecture

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Iwami-soke, Monsieur Comont & Reg, training at
Dokugyo-an (Iwami-soke's dojo), Kokura, Fukuoka Prefecture

 

Iwami-soke, Monsieur Comont & Reg,
in front of the Musashi monument in Kokura

 

Iwami-soke, in front of the Musashi monument in Kokura

 

Iwami-soke & Reg, Dokugyo-an, Kokura

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Entrance to Reigen-do (the cave where Musashi wrote his Book of Five Rings), Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture

 

Reg doing zazen (sitting meditation) on the rock at Reigen-do where
Musashi did zazen

 

Musashi statue, Musashi Zuka Koen (the park where
Musashi grave is located), Kumamoto

 

Musashi's grave, Musashi Zuka Koen, Kumamoto

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