I have a real love of the various tins available in the stores at Tokyo Disneyland and I have shown some previously on this previous post. This particular Winnie the Pooh theme Cookie tin, I picked up at a Salvation Army store … Continue reading My Disney Collection – Tokyo Disneyland Cookie Tin
Like last week’s post about my Disney collection, this week’s items are again the newest items in my collection and coincidentally also from Tokyo Disneyland Resort. I picked up these four tins locally today which I bought online for $1 (yes, … Continue reading My Disney Collection – Tokyo Disneyland Resort tins
It was requested some weeks ago that I highlight some items in my collection. Great idea! Thank you for the suggestion and to my other readers please go and visit The new Cryptic Garland where this brilliant idea came from. I … Continue reading My Disney Collection – Tokyo Disneyland Party Gras Parade Badge
Kamakura is a small town and a popular day trip from Tokyo. One of the cool places we visited on our visit to Kamakura was the Zeniarai Benzaiten Shrine. This is a small shrine but very popular with visitors. The shrine is … Continue reading Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Jinja Shrine – Kamakura, Japan
On our day trip from Tokyo to Kamakura, one of the Buddhist temples we visited was Hase Kannon Temple, also known as Hasedera. This temple was especially poignant as in the grounds are thousands of little statues called Jizo. These are … Continue reading Hase Kannon Temple (Hasedera) – Kamakura, Japan
The Great Buddha of Kamakura (Kamakura Daibutsu) is a huge bronze statue cast in 1252. It originally was housed in a temple, but the building was destroyed by a tsunami in the 1490s, so the bronze Buddha remains now exposed to the elements. It weights around 100 tons … Continue reading Daibutsu – The Great Buddha – Kamakura, Japan
Our starting point for our day trip to Kamakura was Tsurugaoka Hachimangū the most important Shinto shrine in the area. The shrine was originally built in 1063 and moved to its current location in 1191. For much of its history, for over … Continue reading Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine – Kamakura, Japan
