Treasure Box Japan - Season 8
Season 8
Episodes
Wakayama― Nachi Fire Festival: Return of the Gods
Every July, the Kumano Nachi Taisha Grand Shrine holds the Nachi Fire Festival, one of Japan's top three of its kind. The event involves transporting gods home to Nachi Waterfall on portable shrines.
Nara― A Village's Glistening Heavenly River
Visit a village named Tenkawa (Heavenly River), where a serene river flows like the Milky Way. Tour a shrine of the same name where the goddess of water is enshrined, and a temple with a sacred spring.
Nara― Pray for Happiness: A Tour of Nara's Buddhist Statues
Nara, Japan's capital back in the 8th century, is home to many temples with Buddhist statues believed to ward off calamity, and grant prosperity and good health. Join us in taking a tour of some.
Wakayama― Walking Kumano
In the Kii Mountains, a sacred area for ascetic practitioners, three shrines bearing the name of their region, Kumano, have been visited by followers since ancient times.
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