Hiraizumi

The Pure Land Garden

Hiraizumi 12th-century Buddhist Utopia in Japan

Beth Reiber February 2022

Most of Japan’s history–skirmishes and wars between feudal lords, legends surrounding ancestors of the...

Kiyomizu

Japan’s Top World Heritage Sites

Beth Reiber December 2017

I haven’t been to all of Japan’s 25 UNESCO World Heritage sites, but they’re...