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Mr. Kawaguchi spent part of 1900, all 1901, and part of 1902 in Tibet—three years. A child in Japan, if born on December 31, begins his second year on January 1, and on the succeeding New Year's ...

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Embarking on his seventy-second year, photo-essayist Ōnishi Naruaki journeys to Aomori’s rugged Osorezan, a peak revered in Japanese folk ... I opted to lodge at the Zen Buddhist temple Bodaiji ...

When people are terrorized by spirits, demons, ghosts and monsters they seek out Daiun Miki, a real-life priest at Renkyuji Temple. Known throughout Japan as the “Ghost Story Priest,” Miki retells the ...