Story by Lance Cpl. Benjamin Pryer | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 04.15.2013
The Miyajima Fire Walking, known in Japanese as Hiwatari Shinji, is a bi-annual ceremony practiced by Shingon Monks inside the island’s Daisho-in Temple....
Story by Lance Cpl. Benjamin Pryer | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 11.29.2012
A pyre burns in the center of the temple courtyard. Its flames seem to gleam and dance with life as its smoking tendrils grasp further into the afternoon sky. This is the scene of the Hiwatari Shinji, also known as the Buddhist fire-walking ritual....
