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Tokyo’s Mt. Mitake

Spirituality & Nature in a Megalopolis

Donny Kimball
9 min readDec 21, 2018

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One of the komainu lion dogs that protect Mitake Musashi Shrine’s main hall on Tokyo’s Mt. Mitake

It really grinds my gears when people associate “old Japan” only with the likes of Kyoto and Nara. Yes, I get that that area of the country has developed a brand for itself as the bastion of all things traditional. My only wish though is that more people would realize they don’t HAVE to head out…

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Donny Kimball

I'm a travel writer and freelance digital marketer who blogs about the sides of Japan that you can't find in the mainstream media. https://donnykimball.com/