Japan
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35,000 words… not
A picture is worth a thousand words — and these are worth thirty-five thousand. A photo…
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Kyoto — thousands and thousands of blessings
Kyoto — Japan’s cultural heart, with 1,600 Buddhist temples and 400 Shinto shrines — and the…
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The island where God lives
The World Heritage island of Itsukushima — known as Miyajima, “the island where God lives” —…
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Ringing the peace bell in Hiroshima
A visit to Hiroshima’s Peace Park and the Memorial Cathedral for World Peace — 500 metres…
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The lovely town of Yamaguchi
Following St Francis Xavier to Yamaguchi — the quiet city where he preached in the streets,…
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There is a gift in Kagoshima
Following St Francis Xavier to Kagoshima — where he made landfall on 15 August 1549, the…
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My pilgrimage to Japan begins in Nagasaki
My Japan pilgrimage begins not where Xavier landed, but in Nagasaki – the Rome of the…
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