Maigo in Hyogo: January/February ’11
Where in Hyogo can these precocious primates be found?
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This temple’s rock garden was designed to represent the beach where a teenager was killed in single combat. His death is one of the most famous in Japanese history. His killer renounced his samurai life soon after and became a Buddhist monk. This place has some serious education going on…any guesses?
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Thanks for guessing! This one may be kind of tough, apparently.. if no one gets it by the 15th, we’ll put up another hint!
Hi just found this nice website, though not an ALT would like to chance an answer
Kanzaki-cho, Shiso-shi and surrounding areas?
Pin-pon! Shiso-shi it is. How did you know?