This Dragon helps hold up and ward the gates to the Yonggungsa Temple in Busan. Isn’t he darling!
Monthly Archives: February 2013
Summer Gourds
There were some beautiful gardens at the Wolmi Island park in Korea 🙂
Japanese Homestead
Sorry for the quality, it was raining as you can see from the photo. But this was the beautiful view outside one of the windows at the Tokyo National Museum. Gorgeous!
Panda Mural
Panda Mural at Chinatown in Incheon, South Korea
Panda Mural in the Chinatown of Incheon, South Korea
Incheon’s Weird Red Shores
Yonggungsa Temple
Photo of Yonggungsa Temple in Busan, South Korea. This is one of the few Buddhist temples built along the coastline as opposed to more land-based mountainous areas.
On Guard
We found these dangerous looking dudes in Tokyo’s National Museum (an amazing place to visit!). There was one for each Chinese sign, and mine was the one of the far right I think. 🙂
Gyeongbokgung Palace
Gyeongbokgung Palace, a beautiful complex of dozens of palaces, buildings, and museums. You can literally spend an entire day exploring just this. If you don’t have an entire day, definitely pre-choose where you are going to go.
The Ringing Bell
This is one of the bells at Japan’s Kamakura Shrines. It sits at the top of a mountain, and originally was run to denote important news/times. Now, they still ring them on News Years Eve if I understand correctly. They are beautiful works of art!
Further good news: I climbed a butt-load of stairs to see this bell, and I was delighted to find out that it also gave me a great view of the area. Plus, I know I lost some weight. 🙂
Rickshaws!
