Photos of ARCHITECTURE (4/13)

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

Until The Capital Was Moved In The Meiji Era, The Kyoto Imperial Gardens Were Lined With The Residences Of Nobles

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

Ninomaru Palace Is Where Yoshinobu Tokugawa Presented His Request To The Emperor Meiji To Return Power

Historically, There Are Four Castles Called Nijo-jo Castle

Sumiya, Once A Bustling Ageya, Now Just Stands Quietly On A Street Corner

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

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

The Current Jakarta-Kota Station Building Was Built Nearly 100 Years Ago, In 1929

The Gate Of A Venerable Chinese Temple Called Jin De Yuan Was Also Painted In Colorful Shades

Monas Is A Spindly Tower 137 Meters High, Built To Commemorate Indonesia's Independence

The Watchtower Has Been On Watch Ever Since Batavia's Time

While Some Places Like Phraeng Phuthon Road Still Have Old Streets, Most Of The Buildings In The Center Of Bangkok Are Modern

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

The Orange Roof Of Wat Phra Kaew Must Be To Create The Image Of The Building Itself Wearing A Robe

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 Light Court Of The Old Apartment Building Was Dimly Lit And Almost Covered With Ivy

The Front Of Lungshan Temple Is Heavily Decorated, And If You Look Closely, You Can See A Dragon And Some Flowers In Bloom

All Of The Buildings On The Grounds Of The Samukawa Shrine, Which Boasts A Long History, Are Relatively New

The Deities Of The Samukawa Shrine, Samukawa Hiko-no-mikoto And Samukawa Hi-no-mikoto, Are Not Mentioned In The Chronicles Of Japan

The Minato City Local History Museum Has Good Exhibits, But The Building Itself, Built About 80 Years Ago, Is Also Good

The Magnificent Building Of The Minato City Local History Museum Was Originally Built In 1938 As The National Institute Of Public Health

On Display At The Kuroda Memorial Hall Were Works By Raphael Collin, Seiki Kuroda's Mentor When He Studied In France

Kanei-ji Temple Was Built To Protect The Demon Gate Of Edo

Koyama Hachiman Shrine Is Built On A Small Hill In A Residential Area

Looking At The Stupas Glittering In The Sunlight, You May Even Feel As If You Are Accumulating Virtues Just By Looking At Them

The House Was Built On A Slope Along The River, Supported By Many Thin Pillars

Yushima Seido Is Not Only A Confucius Temple, But Also Used To Be The Shoheizaka Gakumonjo, An Academic Institute Under The Direct Control Of The Edo Shogunate

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

Garuda Symbols Called Chofa Are Attached To The Roof Of The Temple Built At Wat Arun

Sao Chingcha At Wat Suthat Is No Longer Used For Ceremonies

It Is A Very Animistic Belief That The Deified Fuji Is An Object Of Faith

The Year Of Dedication Was Written On The Torii, And It Read '2650th Year Of The Emperor'

Despite The Exaggerated Name "Daimyojin," The Shrine Was A Very Small One

The Door Of The Hall Of Worship Was Open, And I Could See The Sacred Staff Standing Inside

When Tokugawa Ieyasu Entered Edo, Marunouchi Was Part Of The Hibiya Inlet, And What Stretched Out Was Not A District Of Buildings But The Sea