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...Sake is also purchased as an offering at Koganji Temple. There, a statue of Kannon, the Buddhist deity of mercy, is said to bring good health to those who wash it. In the area surrounding the statue are two signs: one directs line formation, the other trumpets a nearby defibrillator device. Both signs are there to put Sugamo's visitors at ease...
...sake is also bought as an offering to any of Sugamo's two temples. The main one, Koganji, originally drew seniors to the area because it houses the Arai Kannon that, when washed and scrubbed by believers, is thought to cure illness. In the area surrounding the Kannon statue are two signs: one directs line formation; the other trumpets a nearby defibrillator device. Both signs are there to put Sugamo's visitors at ease...
...first glance, it's easy to dismiss Tenmyouya's paintings as the latest mash-up of Asian culture and the language of fantasy cartoons. But like Matsui, Tenmyouya possesses uncommon talent with his brush, and an ability to satirize at will. In 2002-03's Neo Thousand-Armed Kannon series, he made a stroke-perfect representation of the Buddha of Compassion-but with those thousand arms carrying machine guns, pistols and daggers. Tenmyouya painted it in the wake of 9/11, when the connection between religion and violence was fresh in his mind...
...spring. These naturally occurring geothermic sources are the primary reason Japanese tourists flock to the Izu, and rightly so: the baths, often attached to hotels, make for a stress-killing date with relaxation. Shimoda and its environs boast a number of splendid onsen inns, or ryokan, like the Kannon, 15 kilometers out of town. A room for one including two meals goes for $120 a night. Call (81-55) 828 1234 for reservations. But if you just want to take a dip, hop on the train ride Rendaiji station (one stop north of Shimoda) and go to the Kanaya ryokan...
...Late in the day we hike up a steep ascent into the quiet shadows of a stand of pines. The name of the path?Leading the Ox Up By Its Nose?exactly describes the gradient. A statue of Kannon with a horse's head commemorates the pack animals whom no amount of nasal persuasion could keep from collapse. That night we stay in Hosokute at a wooden inn, last rebuilt in 1880. Swallows nest inside the doorway, as they have for generations. The floor flexes under our feet as we step gingerly across knotholes and gaps in the boards...