A Japan Photo per Day – Old Japanese stories, Futarasan Ghost Lantern

29 March 2011 on Muza-chan's Gate to Japan Posted in: Culture & Traditions    

A copper lantern from the Futarasan Shrine in Nikko has the odd name of Bake-doro, the Ghost Lantern. And of course, there’s an interesting story about it… It is said that in the old times, the samurai standing guard...
 
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