Kan On The Shikoku Pilgrimage Trail


Will Kan Have Hap I asked last year when he was suddenly made Prime Minister as the hapless Hatoyama resigned. Now Mr. Kan has also been replaced, perhaps because he was too outspoken against nuclear power.

I have no idea what Hatoyama does these days, but Kan has been seen in Shikoku on the ancient Buddhist pilgrimage route of 88 temples, which he is quoted as saying is preferable to the "slander" that goes on in the political realm. A good choice for a man who had the right stuff but not the right connections.

More Buddhism and pilgrimage routes on Kurashi:
Praying, Sutras, Meditating For Japan
On The Pilgrimage Trail in Chichibu
Incense From Mt Koya, Kyoto
The Heart Sutra

Comments

Tom O said…
'the right connections' - aka 'jinmyaku' desu ne...

Now, he obv looks the part but I would really give him some stick (to go with the one he is holding) if its just a stunt, he just drove up to one of the 88 temples, donned the garb and, hey presto, photographer is present. Has he or is he in the process of doing the whole circuit? A politician actually walking the walk, how about about...
10:02 pm, October 03, 2011
Tom O said…
Gomen, 'how about THAT' etc.
10:02 pm, October 03, 2011
Martin J Frid said…
Mr. Kan is known to have done the henro walk in Shikoku before, or I wouldn't have posted it here. How about that, indeed.
10:13 pm, October 03, 2011
Pandabonium said…
Keep on truckin' Mr. Kan.

Next!
9:40 pm, October 06, 2011
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