Air Sampai – Virtual Kyoto Temple Experience

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Before we introduced Air Yakiniku (Air BBQ), now it is holier, Air Sampai (Air Worship) to a famous Kiyomizu Temple at ancient capital Kyoto.

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Bilingual (Japanese with English subtext) Flash site offers you a virtual tour to and around Kiyomizu-Dera (temple) anytime from anywhere around the world.

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The narrator guides you necessary religious rituals, such like proper bowing,

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She also suggest you to squat appropriately in front of your PC to become tired as if you are really climbing approach road.

In the Japanese narration, by unknown reason, English originated Japanese words are pronounced in original English way, which makes it very funny for Japanese speakers.

After going through whole routes, you may be able to feel why Japanese says “to jump off the stage at Kiyomizu” when they mean “to take the plunge”.

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Author Information  Akky Akimoto is one of the first pro-bloggers [J] in Japan. As an individual he writes for Asiajin and his own Japanese weblog. He also produces web services including IvRead.com and Narabe.com. Twitter @akky


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