{"id":1159,"date":"2008-09-24T18:34:02","date_gmt":"2008-09-24T22:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2008-10-03T15:34:50","modified_gmt":"2008-10-03T19:34:50","slug":"buddha-in-the-barrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2008\/09\/buddha-in-the-barrel\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddha in the barrel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those who have been to Japan will have visited the ancient capital Kyoto but may not have heard of a city called Kamakura. Kamakura is a city by the Pacific ocean 40 miles south-west of Tokyo and was the capital during 1192 to 1333. Today Kamakura is a relatively quiet town where Buddha meditates in the barrel, and surfers meet a Samurai from the past.<\/p>\n<p>Kamakura is my &#8220;soul city&#8221; where I attended a Jesuit school founded by German priests shortly after World War II, and whose school uniforms were supplied by the U.S. military (they donated a bunch of used U.S. Army uniforms). Unlike Kyoto where aristocrats had always been omnipresent,  <!--more-->Kamakura was the capital of the first military government in Japan. And where else could be more suited for a Jesuit school to be than A samurai city and the home of many important Zen temples?<\/p>\n<p>Kamakura doesn&#8217;t have as many historic landmarks as Kyoto, and the past has not been preserved like a Disneyland of history. It is a beautifully intimate city. 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