'Shide' were hung from Torii

Kawagoe Hikawa Jinja Shrine Has Several Entertainments For Visitors

Shrines That Offer Blessings For Good Luck And Matchmaking Seem To Be Crowded With Many Worshippers

Senba Toshogu Shrine's Gate Opens Only On Sundays And Holidays

Birthplace Of The Children's Tune 'Toryanse'

I Can't Help But Feel That There Is A Lookism In The World Of Shrines

Kawagoe Has Several Stations With Similar Names, Which Complicates Things

The Streets Of Kawagoe, Called Little Edo, Were Actually Built In The Meiji Era

Statues Of The Five Hundred Disciples Of The Buddha At Kita-in Temple, Each With A Different Expression And Pose

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

Part Of A Building From Edo Castle Has Been Moved To Kita-in Temple

Why Is Buying Food After School Prohibited?

Sweet Potato Shop

Rickshaws Were Parked On The Roadside In Koedo-Kawagoe

Tower Of Time In Kawagoe

Some Religions Consider Abraham, Moses, Jesus, And Muhammad As False Prophets Sent From The World Of Darkness

There Is Also A Monument To Matsuo Basho, Which Made Me Wonder If Basho Had Visited Hokkaido On His Way To Oku-no-Hosomichi, But That Is Not True

An Atmospheric Torii Gate Stands At The Bottom Of The Stairs Leading To The Okamoto Hachiman Shrine

The Lowest Natural Mountain In Tokyo's 23 Wards Is Said To Be Mount Machitsuyama In Asakusa

I Wonder What People In The World Without Shinto Shrines Would Think When They See The Senbon Torii

The Kokugakuin University Museum, Located On The Kokugakuin University Shibuya Campus, Has Extensive Exhibits That Are Well Worth A Visit

If You Didn't Know, You Wouldn't Even Know The Forbidden Area Near The Station Was Forbidden

The Harder We Try Not To Think About Something, The More It Haunts Us

A Thick Shimenawa Looks Like A Ginseng

When I See Something That Boasts A Long History, I Put My Trust In It, But On The Other Hand, If It's Too Long, I Have My Doubts

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