**You can watch in HD** After our group visited the rock garden in Masuda (link to that video below), we hopped on a bus for a 45 minute journey to nearby Tsuwano town in Southern Shimane. There, we hiked up a mountain path to visit Taikodani Inari Shrine.
After walking around the shrine, we went over to the Yabusame (horseback archery) track and found a seat and had lunch. (That video is coming next)
After we traveled back to Masuda town, we finished our day on April 8th with a visit to Manpukuji temple in Masuda, which has historic links to a famous Japanese artist named Sesshu.
Links:
More info about Tsuwano:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuwano,_Shimane
More info about Sesshu:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sessh%C5%AB_T%C5%8Dy%C5%8D
Link to the Masuda Rock Garden video I made:
And the “omikuji” (paper fortune) video I already posted was shot at this shrine:
Thanks for watching!
-Jason
7 Comments
the music at the beginning sounds very familiar….where's it come from?
it sounds a little like the music from Shogun, but it is just an iMovie stock track you can use for free
Hey Jason I remember you saying you read the Shogun Series by James Clavell. How upset are you that he didnt carry on with Anjin-San and Toranaga's story?
awesome video like always Jason! it kind of sucks that there too much windy for the videos!
Very cool!
Looks like a great time..thanks for sharing. =D
yeah – I love those characters, but I respect his wanting to advance the series a good chunk of years with each new book.
mhmm it shows how much research he had to put in ahead of time.