Nara: Temple to Cure Eye Diseases, Cultivate Gratitude; Huge Glasses Frames Among Attractions

TAKATORI, Nara — Walking through the vast areas on the mountainside of Mt. Takatori, you will see many eye-related things: ema votive tablets with a large “me” (eye) hiragana character written on each one, and the Megane Kuyo Kannon (Buddhist deity of mercy) statue to which people dedicate their old...