The Santera Mairi(Visit to three temples in Hida Furukawa)
The Santera Mairi,or visit to three temples erent involves Enkouji Temple,Shinshuji Temple,and Honkouji Temple,Shinshuji Temple,and Honkouji TEmple. Each year on January 15,a traditional pilgrimage event is held at the three temples to commemorate the monk Shinran Shonin. Large snow candle statues and 1,000 Japanese candles illuminate Setogawa Canal.
Scenes of Japan: Hida Furukawa
Scenes taken in October 2017 of Hida Furukawa. Includes scenes of Shinshuji Temple, (possibly a Black-eared Kite), Kasumi Bridge, Honkouji Temple and Enkouji Temple.
Music: Dial M by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license ( Source: Artist:
DYA717 Japan Hida Furukawa April 16, 2017
6 a.m. onsen furo. 7 a.m. breakfast at hotel dining area. The internet said it was 40-degrees so I dressed for the cold! I caught the 9:30 a.m.-ish express train to Takayama. We were delayed waiting for a late on-coming to pass so were were delayed getting into Takayama. Had to ask where my platform to Hida Furukawa was and made it by a coupla minutes. The announcement on the train kept saying in Japanese and English that this is a “ONE MAN” train. I sat in car #1 behind the train driver and there were 2 guys sitting by the driving equipment. I guess the driver was a trainee. Got into Hida Furukawa 15-minutes later and it was hot! It was around 74-degrees. I had to take the jacket off and lug it around. Hida Furukawa was a castle town. Nothing left of the castle to see. Took a look at Enkouji Temple. Outside the temple, this guy asked a couple of wahines in kimonos if he could take their pictures and I said “me too, me too!” They said OK, handed the guy their iPhone asked for a picture too. Walked along the Setogawa canal back of the old preserved storehouses with lots of big carps. Walked to the Hida Furukawa Festival Exhibition Hall but wasn’t interested in looking at the details inside. Furukawa’s festival is April 19-20. On the 19th there will be a big taiko event and on the 20th, they will parade around their own yatai floats similar to the Takayama ones. Went around the block to the front side of the old preserved storehouses. Hida Furukawa has 2 sake breweries and a lot of the preserved buildings were sake retailers. I passed by a yatai float storehouse – there are 10 storehouses around the area. There was a traditional Japanese candle maker. These are vegan candles. There only about 10 traditional hand-made Japanese vegan candle makers left in Japan and this guy had his shop in one of old buildings. Looked at Honkouji Temple then headed back to the train station. I stopped in at the MINTO Café and had a ginger pork stir fry set.
Japanese Customer Travel # 41 Makuhari, Chiba, Japan
Japanese Customer Travel # 41 Makuhari, Chiba, Japan