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Torris at Fushimi Inari

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Fushimi Inari

The Tori memorials at Fushimi Inari

Golden Pavillion

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Golden Pavillion

Golden Pavilion — the gold is actually gold lining.

Kiyomizu-Dera

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Kiyomizu-Dera

Kiyomizu-dera

Fushimi Inari

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Fushimi Inari

Touri Shrines

Touri

Kiyomizu-Dera Temple

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Kiyomizu-dera

Yesterday, we visited the Kiyomizu-Dera Temple in Kyoto. It’s a beautiful temple!

 

Japanese Homestead

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!

On Guard

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. 🙂

The Ringing Bell

The Great 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!

Rickshaw

Japanese Rickshaw at the Kita Kamakura shrines.