Feeling the Love from Japan’s Traditional “Boar Eye” Inome Symbol

The Shojuin Buddhist temple, which is roughly an hour drive from central Kyoto, is home to one of Japan’s most popular windows. Unlike Genko-an temple, where the round “Window of Enlightenment” and the square “Window of Confusion” offers a manifestation of Buddhist teachings, visitors don’t flock to Shojuin for enlightenment. Rather, they go in search […]

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