Category: Osaka, Kyoto, and the Kansai Region
Cute Buddhas
During Golden Week this year, I went back to what I consider to be the best temple in all of...
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Traditional Japanese Farmhouse
Gassho-zukuri farmhouse in the wonderful “Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Houses” in...
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Japanese Inn
Old Japanese inn in the Arashiyama district of Kyoto. The stickers are called Senja fuda, which...
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Sacred Penises
Sacred penises at the Awashima jinja in Wakayama. This shrine attracts many female visitors who...
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Plastic Food
Plastic food for restaurant window displays in the Doguya-suji, a shopping arcade in the Namba...
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Dog and Boy
Cute statue outside shop in Kyoto. _ Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...
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Tenri-kyo Dormitory
Dormitory for members of the Tenri-kyo religion in Tenri City, Nara _ Share this:Click to share on...
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Rakan Butsuzo
Some Buddhist statues are serenely beautiful. Others are terrifyingly ferocious. But every once in...
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Coffee Cup Grave
Corporate grave belonging to UCC, a company that makes coffee. Located in Okunoin, a graveyard on...
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Cool playground
Cool playground in Osaka. Don’t you wish you were a Japanese kid? _ Share this:Click to...
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City Coop Dotonbori
My old apartment building in Osaka, the City Coop Dotonbori. _ Share this:Click to share on...
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Better Homeless Gardens
A very well-kept-up tent in an Osaka park. Many of Japan’s homeless live in “blue...
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