The interior of the Takasaki Byakue Dai-Kannon was much more modest than I had expected

Bruno Taut, Who Praised Katsura Rikyu, Lived In Takasaki At One Time

Daruma-ji Temple's Daruma Hall Is Dedicated To So Many Daruma Dolls That It Is Impossible To Count Them All

Bicycle Rentals At Gunma Hachiman Station Cannot Be Dropped Off Elsewhere

Businessmen Walking Under A Row Of Torii Gates Of Hie Jinja Shrine

An Oddly Shaped Butterfly With Eight Legs Perches On A Vase In Front Of The Great Buddha In Nara

When I Looked At The Lanterns Of Sanfonggung, The Lanterns Lined Up In A Gapless Row Looked Like People In A Line, As If They Were Playing A Mass Game

The Temple Is Basically A Taoist Temple, But On One Of The Altars, A Buddhist Deity, Goddess Of Mercy, Is Also Enshrined

The Horyuji Temple Donation Treasures Housed In The Tokyo National Museum Are Believed To Be Treasures Donated To The Imperial Family In Bulk To Prevent From Being Scattered

The Kuhonbutsu, Which Is The Temple's Common Name, Does Not Include Shakyamuni Buddha, Who Is Seated In The Main Hall

The Buddha Images In The Museum Seem To Be More Of A Work Of Art Than An Object Of Faith, But If Money Box Were Placed, I Have A Feeling That A Lot Of People Would Make A Donation

The Yatsu Daikanon, Or Great Buddha, Is Only 8.5 Meters Tall, Including The Pedestal, And Sits Quietly Among The Surrounding Houses

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

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

Despite Its Beautiful Bright Vermilion Color, There Were Not Many People Around, And The Pagoda Was Just Standing There Quietly

A Replica Of The Usuki Stone Buddha Is On Display In Sakura Joshi Park

Although It Pretends To Be Historic, The East Wing Of Keio University's Mita Campus Is Only About 20 Years Old

For Some Reason, The Red Parasol Blooming On The Roof Of The Float Reminded Me Of Sergio Mendes' Album Cover

Buddha Statue Making A Loop With His Thumb And Ring Finger, As If He Is Asking For Money

Impressions Of The Standing Buddha At The Nezu Museum Are Quite Different Between The Official Website And The Actual Statue

When The Torii Are Leaned Together, It Looks Like They Are Sealing Something

Stone Buddha Statue Quietly Closing Its Eyes At The 88 Sacred Places On Shikoku At Ryuko-ji Temple

Compared To The Gandhara Buddha Statue, The Chinese Buddha Statue Had A Very Soft Face

Tsurugaoka Hachimangu's Maiden

Red Sprouts At Kyu Shiba Rikyu Garden

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