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Takoyakushi-do (Kyoto, Japan)

2024-02-09
Japan
Abington College Research Team, Sophia University Research Team
February 9, 2024

Small busy shrine in downtown Kyoto that features healing octopi. (NOTE: This entry includes a Virtual Reality tour of the location.)Continue Reading

Sensō-ji (Tokyo, Japan)

2024-02-09
Japan
Abington College Research Team
February 9, 2024

The largest religious tourist destination in the world, with plenty of connections with health and healing. (NOTE: This entry includes a Virtual Reality tour of the location.)Continue Reading

Yakushi-ji (Nara, Japan)

2024-02-09
Japan
Abington College Research Team, Sophia University Research Team
February 9, 2024

Venerable Medicine Buddha temple that has hosted rituals against epidemics for centuries. (NOTE: This entry includes a Virtual Reality tour of the location.)Continue Reading

Imakumano Kannon-ji (Kyoto, Japan)

2024-02-09
Japan
Abington College Research Team
February 9, 2024

Pilgrimage destination for physicians to empower their practice and for elderly people to ward off dementia. (NOTE: This entry includes a Virtual Reality tour of the location.)Continue Reading

Nishiarai Daishi (Tokyo, Japan)

2023-12-10
Japan
Abington College Research Team, Sophia University Research Team
December 10, 2023

Jizos of various types offer healing and comfort for templegoers with a variety of ailments. (NOTE: This entry includes a Virtual Reality tour of the location.)Continue Reading

Seongmyeong Sa 성명사 (Namhae, South Korea)

2021-07-06
S. Korea
Rice Univ. Research Team
July 6, 2021

Seongmyeong Sa 聖明寺 is a temple and pilgrimage site in Namhae, Korea. The abbot uses Korean and Tibetan Buddhist medicine in his teachings and occasionally treats patients.Continue Reading