Next to the steep stairway, there is another Shinto shrine in the precinct. It is Chanoki…
There is a small Shinto shrine near the Asakusabashi station. It was Ichogaoka Hachiman Ji…
During walking the Mejiro-Dori street, I found a small bookstore. I thought to run a books…
There were some Buddha statues in the precinct. A statue of Kshitigarbha stationed silentl…
Many stone lanterns stood side by side in a corner of the precinct. Their sizes were divid…
A wooden gate called Nio-Mon gate stood at the entrance of the precinct of this temple. It…
The room I entered was silent and spacious. Only one glass case was placed in the center o…
I came to the city of Chiayi because there was the Southern Branch of the National Palace…
Some tables and chairs were placed in the passage in front of a restaurant. Because it was…
To enjoy Chinese tea is one of the spices of Traveling Taiwan. I often entered to tea shop…
A trolley was placed by the wayside. Many bundles of yellow paper were piled up on it. The…
The temples in the heart of the city were surrounded by other normal buildings. They stood…
Many lanterns were hung in the precinct. Although many lanterns were seen in Shinto shrine…
A truck was parked by the roadside. Its engine was shut down and no one was seen around it…
I didn't know what kind of religious place this temple was. The main deity enshrined here…
The exhibited objects of this museum were collected before the Chinese Revolution in 1911…
The wooden architecture called 'Hyakudan Kaidan' has 7 rooms. And the artworks are display…
There was a wooden architecture which was called 'Hyakudan Kaidan' in the site. It was use…
The Zojo-Ji was built in 1393 and has a long history. There are some mausoleums of the tyc…
I was walking around the area in which many bars were close-packed. The lane was flanked b…
Usually, the boisterous statues are placed in the precincts of the Buddhist temples and th…
The inside of the main hall was dim. As soon as I entered into the hall, the statue of Sea…
A small temple called Oubai-In was a short distance back from the main hall. The precinct…
During I rambled along the streets in the residential area, I found a small sign on the wa…
Because the fox was recognized as an avatar of the deity enshrined here, there were many s…
Although this religious place is a Buddhist temple, it enshrined Dakini. It is identified…
There was a small Shinto shrine by the roadside. It was sandwiched by the parking lots. Th…
The elevator hall was deserted because it was a weekend. During I stopped in the passage o…
The deity enshrined in this main hall is the Emperor Ojin. It was identified with Hachiman…
This district is one of the fashionable neighborhoods in this city. Many brand-name stores…
When I walked Meiji-Dori street, I found something strange on the wall of a building. Many…
In a corner of the wide approach, many sake barrels were piled up. And the barrels were sh…
It was the close of a year. And The park in the heart of Tokyo was quiet. People could be…
I arrived at a small hall after passing through Torii which stood side by side. And I foun…
In a corner of the precinct, many figurines of cat were placed in concentrated masses. All…
This temple was also small. Because it had inadequate parking, some cars were parked just…
The small precinct was well looked after. Yet there were no worshipers but I. When I walke…
There is a small Shinto shrine next to the Keio University. According to legend, this shri…
It was the time of the equinoctial week. Many people visited their family temple. And I al…
This small temple was built by Hanzo Hattori, a leader of Ninja during the Edo period. And…
The precinct of this temple which belong to the famous Senso-Ji was wrapped with the silen…
Because it was a weekday, its precinct was deserted when I visited. When I came in front o…
The small shrine was surrounded by the buildings. It stood quietly on the edge of the bust…
The storefront of the shop was filled with the posters. All people on these posters were t…
A stone statue is stationed at the entrance of this shrine. It is Ebisu, a Japanese god of…
The shrine was small. Yet it has a long history. According to legend, it was built in 709…
The antismoking storm has been sweeping across also in Japan. The public space where peopl…
I found a public telephone in the dimness near the Tokyo Metropolitan City Hall. An adopti…
There are some sculptures in the front courtyard of the building of this museum, which was…
In a corner of the park, a big metal face was preserved. Once it belonged to a big Buddha…
A big incense burner was placed in front of the main hall. And two incense sticks were stu…
Nobody was in the precinct when I visited. The temple of old standing was wrapped with the…
Next to the main hall of the shrine, another small shrine in which Inari Okami was enshrin…
There is a Japanese-style bar at the bottom of a hill. Many old tin signboards were hung o…
There were many halls in this precinct. I entered into one of them. Many Buddha statues we…
A statue of a monk was standing at the entrance of a hall in the precinct. It was pointing…
Out of the gate of the temple, a statue of Ksitigarbha was stationed. Ksitigarbha was call…
It was getting darker and darker. The sky above the precinct became sunset color. And the…
This shrine commemorates those who had died in the service of the Empire of Japan. Yet not…
I made an excursion to this city with my wife and a friends. The reason why I headed for w…
