Although it is a country that has never attracted me too much, I admit that I am becoming fond of videos of curious places in Japan. <\/p>\n
The last one I saw shows a trip to Otamoi Jizo, a remote and isolated village in Otaru prefecture<\/strong>, on the island of Hokkaido. This ancient settlement, located at the foot of a large cliff, was populated for two centuries and housed a small Buddhist shrine that received thousands of pilgrims every month<\/strong>. This shrine was related to a beautiful tradition of Japanese Buddhism, the Jizo, a deity that watches over unborn children, babies and small children<\/strong>, as well as travelers. Its statues are often adorned with woolen hats, scarves and bibs, according to the website Japonismo.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Otamoi Jizo has been abandoned since the death of its last inhabitant,<\/strong> who was found dead in his home a few years ago, as explained by the YouTube channel Watatabi<\/a>. In addition, near the town there was a tourist complex, the Ryugukaku, built in 1936,<\/strong> which was destroyed by a fire in 1952. I leave you with Watatabi's trip to this interesting place (if your knowledge of Japanese is as good as mine, I recommend activating the English subtitles in the bottom bar of the video):<\/p>\n
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