Tag: Japan Pictures
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Yutoku Inari Shrine, Japan
This photo shows Yutoku Inari Shrine, one of the most famous and beautiful Inari shrines in Japan. It is located in Kashima City, in the southern part of Japan on Kyushu Island. The area is known for its rice-farming culture and its stunning scenery. Rice fields are nestled among volcanic mountains that are covered with…
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Streets of Kyoto Japan
Walking through Kyoto, Japan, is unlike anything else. Everything is so clean and orderly. You wouldn’t know it, but it was snowing earlier in the day when I took this photo. I would love to go back to Kyoto and spend more than a day there and take some proper photographs. This photo was actually…
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Dejima Dutch Trading Post – Nagasaki Japan
This is what Japan would have looked like in the 1800s. It’s a historically preserved part of a town in Nagasaki, Japan. This area was used as a Dutch trading post from 1641 to 1853. So, Dutch traders would have been living here. It was later integrated into the city.
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Miyajima Temple Japan
Off the coast of Hiroshima, Miyajima is one of Japan’s finest views. Miyajima means Shrine Island, and that’s pretty much what this place is. Tame wild deer roam freely, and old Japanese Edo-era architecture is everywhere. It was founded sometime around 806 when a Buddhist monk, Kobo Daishi, established the site. The Buddhist temples and…
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Seven Gods of Fortune (Shichifukujin) – Nanzoin Temple, Japan
I found these little guys when I was at a Nanzoin Temple in Sasaguri, Japan. They are the Seven Gods of Fortune, or Seven Lucky Gods, or Shichifukujin in Japanese. The gold symbol behind them means treasure. The resident priest of this temple won the lottery and built the world’s largest bronze statue at this site.…