A woman was descending a flight of stairs toward a bright red pagoda

It Is Nothing But Sheer Luck That The Five-story Pagoda Of Honmon-ji Did Not Burn Down

Five-storied Pagoda And Birds

Steep Stone Steps Had To Be Climbed To Get To The Main Hall, Which Was Like A Gateway To Getting On Your Feet

Long Staircase At Ikegami Honmon-ji

Ikegami Honmon-ji Temple Does Not Seem To Appear In Foreign Guidebooks, And We Did Not See Any Foreign Tourists When We Walked Around The Temple Grounds

Nakayama Hokkekyo-ji Temple Is One Of The Seven Main Temples Of Nichiren-shu In Various Parts Of Japan

Originally, Pagodas Were Meant To Enshrine Buddha’s Ashes

Three-story Pagoda Of Tozen-ji Temple

Banna-ji, Originally A Mansion Of The Ashikaga Clan, Is Still Completely Surrounded By A Dugout

The Whiteness Of The Stupa At Wat Arun Seems To Embody Purity, The Cleansing Of All Evil Karma And The Suffering Of Afflictions

It's Hard To Feel Solemn At Wat Arun, A Tourist Attraction, With People Taking Pictures Here And There

Phra Si Rattana Chedi Built At Wat Phra Kaew Was Decorated With Gold

The Stupa At Wat Phra Kaeo Was Ornate And Elongated, Like A Rocket

The Man Was Standing By The Waterside Of Ye Le Pagoda, Praying

Wat Arun Is A Tourist Attraction, But It Still Functions As A Buddhist Temple, And Monks Can Still Be Seen Here And There

I Don't Know If It Is Believed That One Can Accumulate Merit By Engaging In Temple Repairs In A Theravada Buddhist Country

In Southeast Asian Buddhist Countries, The Word Stupa Refers To A Pagoda, But For Some Reason In Japan It Has Become A Board And Is Used For Memorial Services For The Deceased

Buddhist Monks In Shwedagon Paya

Many People Were Taking A Break In The Shade Near The Chedi At Shwedagon Paya

Shwedagon Pagoda Was Towering

Stairway Up To The Stupa Was Steep

Stupa Of A Tibetan Buddhist Temple With Painted Eyes

Stupa On The Other Side Of A Woman

Wat Chom Si On The Top Of Phousi Hill

Like Traditional Japanese Custom, Myanmar People Seem To Sleep On Sleeping Mats On The Floor

Sultan Ahmed Mosque Has Six Minarets

Stark-naked Boy And Grandma

It's Hard To Tell If Indonesian Kinship Names Are Older Or Younger

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

The Newly Completed Shibuya Sakura Stage Has An Intricate Escalator Structure, Perhaps Reflecting Its Complexity