Photos taken in SAITAMA (1/2)

The Disparity Between The Omiya Hikawa Shrine And The Hikawa Nyotai Shrine, Which Are Supposed To Be Of The Same Rank, Is Like A Couple Of Tea Cups Of Different Sizes

Inariyama Kofun Tumulus In The Sakitama Kofun Tumulus Group Is Large And Can Be Climbed

In A Park Built By Filling In The Outer Moat Of Oshijo Castle, There Stands A Lovely Building That Looks Like Something Out Of A Wes Anderson Movie

Even With The Proliferation Of Smart Phones, It Is Still A Strange Idea To Talk To Someone Instead Of Your Phone When You Are In Trouble

Despite The Unusual Guardian Rabbits, The Shrine Building Reflected In The Window Glass Was Quite Plain

Kawagoe Has Several Stations With Similar Names, Which Complicates Things

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

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

The Person Who Built The Taiwanese-style Taoist Temple, Seitenkyu, Has No Connection To Sakado

It Took 15 Years To Build This Taiwanese-style Temple, With Construction Materials As Well As Craftsmen Brought In From Taiwan

Gallery Talk At The Omiya Bonsai Art Museum Is Quite Interesting

The Puddle Of Water In Front Of The Shrine Was Reflecting The Worshippers

Hikawa Shrine In Saitama CIty Is One Of Shikinaisha Shrines And The Senior Shrine In Musashi Province

Dark Green Sakaki Was Tied To The Third Torii Gate Of The Omiya Hikawa Jinja Shrine

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

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

Birthplace Of The Children's Tune 'Toryanse'

Why Is Buying Food After School Prohibited?

Kawagoe Hikawa Jinja Shrine Has Several Entertainments For Visitors

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

Kadokawa Culture Museum Built In Tokorozawa Sakura Town

Bookshelf Theater In Kadokawa Culture Museum

Book Street In Kadokawa Culture Museum

Machi Tawara's Solo Exhibition

Chichibu Railway's SL Paleo Express Engineer Waving To Children

Image Of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Seated In The Sutra Collection At Jigen-ji Temple

Chichibu Shrine Also Enshrines Prince Chichibu Yasuhito, Who Lived Until Recently And Whose Photograph Remains

The Same Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Treats The Child-Rearing Kannon And The Eleven-Faced Kannon Quite Differently

Countless Stone Buddhas Are Placed Along The Approach To Kinsho-ji

People Working On Dyeing In Chichibu Meisen Museum

Chichibu Is The Copper-producing Area Where The Wadokaichin Was Cast

Smoking Is Banned Everywhere, And Going Into A Coffee Shop Is An Easy And Reliable Way To Smoke

Jizo In The Midst Of Old Tomb Stones

The Precincts Of The Iwatsuki HIsaizu Shrine Are Also Part Of The Iwatsuki Castle Ruins

Hanging Scroll In Senkyo-kan

Small Shinto Shrine

Sweet Potato Shop

Rickshaws Were Parked On The Roadside In Koedo-Kawagoe