Photos posted in October 2024

The job was done for the day, the man was keeping a ledger in meticulous script

The woman with a sunken face stood next to cabbage sold at a local market

The man who appeared to be the market manager looked at the camera with a puzzled look on his face

The girl on the back of a motorcycle with her father at the wheel noticed me

The man wearing glasses was dismantling parts with a hammer in hand

The man selling paan on the side of the road looked quizzically at the camera

The man and his son were relaxing, a large balance hanging from the ceiling of the store

The man at a roadside kiosk was selling a betel-nut-based delicacy called paan

The old man with a beautifully graying head of hair and beard was sitting on the side of the road

The young man in the uniform of the Indian national cricket team was sitting on a motorcycle parked on the side of the road

The man was baking dosa at a roadside stall

Maybe because I got a little money, the guy at the kiosk was willing to let me take his picture

The man sat in a chair on the sidewalk looking at his phone with a serious expression on his face

The man was leaning against a motorbike parked on the sidewalk, watching traffic

The man was buying something at a roadside kiosk

Two of the men were excited, but one was not at all enthusiastic

Men were flirting with each other in a corner of the market, showing off their phones

There were boys sitting in line in the market playing smartphone games

The woman with a luggage over her head was talking to the man selling potatoes

The goat tethered to a roadside tree was grazing deliciously

A stout father was walking at the head of a family of four

Tons of laundry was being washed and hung out to dry today at Dhobi Ghat

A Japanese archery tournament was held on the grounds of Kawasaki Daishi Temple to celebrate the unveiling of a treasured Buddhist image

The sabot-like shoes worn by the Shinto priests at Meiji Shrine are called "asa-gutsu”

The staircase, with its many layers of similar structures, looked like a fractal design

Far away from the free entrance area, the Central Golden Hall stands

The five-story pagoda of Kofuku-ji Temple stuck out just beyond the shopping street

Although it was a large temple along with Todai-ji and Kofuku-ji in the Nara period, it is a cozy temple today

The child looked with interest at the Buddha's Birthday Ceremony being held in the main hall, which is casually a national treasure

The main hall, which houses the standing statues of Twelve Heavenly Generals, is a national treasure and dates from the Nara period

Many hanging lanterns lit in Fujinaminoya, which was originally a staff room for Shinto priests

Countless hanging lanterns are dedicated to Kasuga-taisha Shrine

A deer was standing still among the stone lanterns at Kasuga-taisha Shrine

The bell tower, from which hung a huge temple bell, was also huge

There was also an altar set up in the east bureau behind the main sanctuary of Nigatsudo, and a man was paying his respects

Many people were looking at the city of Nara from the stage of Nigatsudo, which is built on a slope

An eight-legged butterfly, which does not exist in reality, perches in front of the Great Buddha at Todai-ji Temple

The man was looking up at a huge statue of Vajrayaksa, and another statue of Vajrayaksa was looking at him