The cemetery of Kukai or Kobadaishi is a sacred place. We filmed people on pilgrimages and just visiting. This was a beautiful cemetery full over half a million graves.
The second day on Mt. Koya w...
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May 8 A Haircut on a Sacred Mountain
Paul Lindberg
We traveled from Kyoto to Mt. Koya. On this sacred mountain, we had two objectives. One was to film this Buddhist temple area. Second was for Chidi to have his head shaved by a monk so that he could h...
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Blog 236
May 7 Kyoto Station and the Bullet Train
Paul Lindberg
After a night in the capsule hotel, Chidi and I made the best of the rainy day. We filmed the futuristic bullet trains and capture the mass of people in Kyoto Station.
Kyoto station and the bullet...
Japan
Blog 235
May 6 A Night in Osaka and a Capsule
Paul Lindberg
From the country back to the city, we were back in the concrete urban jungle of Japan. In Osaka, we met up with the Awake Film crew who was also going to film the urban youth at a rave.
The night s...