Ep. 073: Japan's Highest Falls--oh, and a Temple

Seiganto-ji and Nachi Falls

Let's visit Seiganto-ji, the first numbered temple of the 33 dedicated to Kannon (Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion) in the Kansai area of Japan. That's the Saigoku Sanjusan Reijo which we saw in broad strokes in Episode 044.

This was not the first temple on that pilgrimage that I visited--in fact, it was the 17th, exactly in the middle of the 33--but nevertheless it made a Big Impression, as you'll see in this episode of--

TEMPLE TALES!