The lanterns were hung from the eaves

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

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

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

Lanterns In The Dimness

Kitano Tenmangu Shrine Is One Of The Most Venerable Of The Many Tenmangu In Japan And Is One Of The Three Major Tenmangu In Japan

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

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

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

In The Kyoto Imperial Garden, There Remains A Residence Shrine That Was Built On The Site Of A Former Court Noble's Residence

Shinsen-en Was Originally A Garden Built For The Exclusive Use Of The Emperor Adjacent To The Imperial Palace

Small Torii On The Rock

The Endless Torii Gate Of Fushimi Inari-Taisha Shrine

Row Of Torii In The Woods

Priestess In Shimogamo Jinja

Bridge And Creek In Shimogamo Jinja

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

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

Even If You Are Curious About The Interior Of The Daitoku-ji Temple's Dharma Hall, It Is Not Open To The Public, So You Cannot Get A Glimpse Of It

It Is Said That Kinmoukaku Is The Gate That Caused Sen No Rikyu To Commit Seppuku

Walking Through The Vast Precincts Of Daitoku-ji, You Feel As If You Are Visiting A Town That Existed A Long Time Ago, Rather Than Walking Through A Temple

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

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

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