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Deep in the center of Shikoku, high above the stunning turquoise waters of the Iya River, the village of Shigesue clings like a horseshoe to a hoof-shaped cl...

Ryōkei Kume, a priest at Tokushima’s Konji-ji temple, guides visitors through takigyō (waterfall training) for over twenty years, even in the freezing cold. ...

Crackling flames cast an orange glow on the fearsome Buddha before the altar as the smell of fragrant smoke fills your nostrils. The pounding of the taiko dr...