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The Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Kanazawa ... visited the shrine and established the Ōtaki Chigo Gongen temple. Ōtaki Shrine’s guardian deity is Kawakami Gozen, and its main enshrined ...

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In November, after three months of interviews, I lost out on a job and decided it was time for a travel break. I set out on a three-and-a-half-week trip to Japan. The timing worked out — the favorable ...

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