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Shigisan Chogosonshi-ji

A Mountaintop Hidden Gem in Nara

Donny Kimball
8 min readDec 4, 2022

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Sunrise from the ancient temple on top of Mount Shigi

Every single time that I think I’ve completed a prefecture, Japan turns around and hits me in the face with evidence that I’ll never be able to fully write somewhere off. Just recently, this reminder happened while I was down in Nara. As part of a tour arranged by the prefectural powers that be, I was…

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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/