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On this 2 day trip, we visit Koyasan in Wakayama Prefecture, a sacred mountain and one of the centers of Buddhism in Japan, and Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, a major producer of Japanese knives and the birthplace of Sen no Rikyu, the grandmaster of tea.
-Chapters-
00:00 Introduction
01:38 Heading to Koyasan
03:30 Hamadaya tofu shop
04:09 Gomataki ceremony
05:22 Temple stay & Vegan Buddhist cuisine
06:46 Day 2 introduction
07:10 Morning prayers
07:29 Heading to Sakai
07:53 Tsuboichi Seicha Honpo
08:58 Sasuke Knife-making experience
10:23 Dinner at Largo
10:44 Outro
– Video Credits –
Host: Raina Ong
Videographer and editor: Thomas Roennlund
Producer: Stefan Schauwecker & Export Japan
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