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Locked Temple
Locked temple in Kamakura. _
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Kids on Massage Chairs
Kids trying out the massage chairs in a Tokyo electronics shop. _
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Asakusa’s “Thunder Gate”
The outer-gate of Asakusa’s Senso-ji temple, the Kaminarimon means “Thunder...
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Random Scenes From the Asakusa Samba Carnival (2)
Here are some more photos of the Asakusa Samba Carnival. Other samba posts are here and...
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Hina Dolla at Awashima Jinja
Hina doll at Awashima Jinja in Wakayama prefecture. Other posts with pictures of Awashima Jinja:...
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Snot-crying
I came across this sculpture in Takayama. It’s of three kids, two of whom seem to be teasing...
Read MoreFearsome Nio at Entsuu-ji Temple
Entsuu-ji is a kind of a cheesy-looking Zen Temple near Minami-senju Station in Tokyo, but it has some really cool Buddhist sculptures. These are kongo rikishi, the “power lords of the diamond realm,” and they stand guard at...
Read MoreHina Doll at the Awashima Shrine in Wakayama
Hina doll at Awashima Jinja in Wakayama prefecture. Many Japanese people believe that dolls have souls, so instead of throwing them in the garbage, they take them to a shrine where they are blessed and ritually burned or thrown...
Read MoreYoyogi Bubbleman
Last Sunday I came across this bubble blowing club in Yoyogi Park.
Read MoreThe Temple of the Flying Buddha
Shobo-in temple near Asakusa is dedicated to the Buddhist deity Fudo Myo, and is popularly known as Tobi Fudo. Tobi Fudo means “the flying Fudo Myo.” The temple got its nickname in the 1500s when its founder took an...
Read MoreA Japanese Garden Ready for Winter
The Horikiri Shobuen is a small but very nice iris garden near my apartment in Katsushika Ward. It gets jam-packed in early June when the irises are in bloom, but is quite beautiful and nearly empty the rest of the year. When I...
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