Samurai – Hyogo Times

February 2012 | Maigo in Hyogo

Maigo in Hyogo: February ’12

BySifton Anipare January 26, 2012August 8, 2014

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?

I Heart T-Points: Tajomaru

ByJ.J. Cappa June 11, 2011June 7, 2011

The kendo club at my school was, historically, rather disappointing, despite the majority of our student body coming from a middle school with a very respectable team. For the past two years, they have only had about three active members, and the student with the strongest swordsmanship, who competed at the national level in junior…