Worshippers with red umbrellas were walking in front of the red Kinmoukaku Gate of Daitoku-ji

It Must Be A More Sincere Wish To Get A Good Score On An Impending Test Than To Be Guaranteed Rebirth In The Pure Land After Death

Nishi Hongan-ji Temple Has Many Items Designated As National Treasures And Important Cultural Properties

While Most Of Daitoku-ji's Pagodas Are Closed To The Public, Kotoin Is One Of The Few That Can Be Visited By The General Public

Gate And People In Chion-In

Kenkun Shrine, Dedicated To Oda Nobunaga, Was Built About 300 Years After Nobunaga Died At Honno-ji

There Are Only Two Bridges Leading To The Main Citadel Of Nijo Castle, And Across The Bridges Are Turrets In Case Of Attack

Historically, There Are Four Castles Called Nijo-jo Castle

Shimabara Is Hanamachi That Was Visited By Saigo Takamori And Members Of The Shinsengumi

I Envy Kindergartners Who Can Stroll Around Kitano Tenmangu Shrine Every Day

Sugawara Michizane, Enshrined At Tenmangu, Was One Of The Elite Of The Heian Period, Rising To The Rank Of Minister Of The Right

Along With Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, Kitano Tenmangu Shrine Is Like The Originator Of The Tenjin Faith

The Kyoto Imperial Palace Was The Imperial Palace For Nearly 500 Years Until 1869, When Emperor Meiji Moved To Tokyo.

The Kyoto Imperial Garden Were Deserted In The Light Rain, With Hardly A Soul To Be Seen

Young Woman Holding A Coarse Oilpaper Umbrella

Ihokuken In Kotoin Is A Relocated Version Of Sen No Rikyu's Former Residence, Shoin

Visiting Kotoin, A Temple Of Rinzai Zen Buddhism, Does Not Feel Like A Buddhist Temple, But More Like Visiting A Traditional Japanese House

The More One Gazes At The Garden Of Kotoin, Where Maple Trees Are Planted Against A Backdrop Of Bushes, The More One Feels As If It Is Filled With Some Meaning

The Precincts Of Myoken-ji, One Of The Head Temples Of Nichiren Shoshu, Were Deserted, With Only A Wooden Pillar Standing Alone

The Temple Bell Was Hung In The Corridor Connecting The Amida Hall And The Goeido Hall At Nishi Hongan-ji Temple

It Is Difficult To Distinguish Between Nishi Hongan-ji And Higashi Hongan-ji

The Roof Of The Goeido Hall, With Over 170,000 Tiles, Is Lovely To Look At From Below

Compared To The Gigantic Goeido Of Higashi Hongan-ji Temple, Humans Are Like Peas In A Pod

Bush Of Bamboo In Kodai-Ji

Stairs In Kodai-Ji

The Boy Walking Around With No Pants On Showed No Interest In The Camera Or Me

It Is Not Unusual To See Three People On A Scooter In Taiwan

The Line On The Forehead Is A Religious Mark Called A Tilaka, Which Indicates The Religious Denomination Believed In By Color And Shape

The Gesture Of Giving A Thumbs Up Does Not Always Have A Positive Meaning

Why Many Women In India Have Their Left Nostril Pierced

A Woman Was Strolling With Her Dog On A Baby Carriage In The Precincts Of Kita-in Temple