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Sugimotodera Temple (Kamakura)
This is the oldest temple in Kamakura and is one of 33 in the Kannon Goddess Kamakura temple circuit.
Ofuna-Kannon from our hotel window
Kamakura Ofuna area street scene
Shop on Wakamiya-oji Street
This boulevard lined with shops and restaurants leads up to the famous Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shinto shrine.
Japan - Candy I think!
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine - main Shinto Shrine in Kamakura
Tsurugaoka shrine1
Tsurugaoka shrine2
Tying Omikuji Fortune Slips
You buy a fortune slip and if you tie them to the pole it ensures the good ones come true and the bad ones do not.
Komainu Shinto Guardian Dogs
Praying at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu
Ema - Prayer Cards
Purification Fountain at Tsurugaokaha Shrine
Children eat lunch under the trees at Tsurugaokaha
White Bird at Tsurugaokaha shrine grounds
Tsurugaoka shrine detail3
Kimono clad at Tsurugaokaha
Hokaiji Temple detail (Kamakura)
This is another temple in the Goddess Kannon circuit.
Hokaiji Temple graveyard area (Kamakura)
Hokokuji Temple Bamboo (Kamakura)
This Zen temple is a Kannon goddess temple and is known for its bamboo grove.
Hokokuji Temple Detail (Kamakura)
Hokokuji Temple Detail2 (Kamakura)
Hokokuji Temple Detail3 (Kamakura)
Our buses head to Mt Fuji
Japanese Schoolchildren
Mt. Fuji Concert
Park for Mt Fuji Concert
On to climb further up Mt Fuji by bus
Mt Fuji ascent
Mt Fuji halfway lookout
Mt Fuji above the clouds
Kaminarimon-gate Asakusa Tokyo
In Northeastern Tokyo, the Asakusa district is considered the old part of Tokyo and is where the main temple in Tokyo is located.
Asakusa Tokyo Pedestrian Mall
Tokyo Kitties Galore
Tokyo Shopping Scene
Tokyo scene2
Asakusa Tokyo - Sensoji Temple
Asakusa Sensoji Temple Ceiling
Cute ubiquitous plastic food displays
Tokyo scene3
Ginza area of Tokyo
Ginza is the Times Square New York of Tokyo
Ginza Tokyo street scene
I gave this rice cracker doll prasad
On bullet train to Hiroshima
Bullet train blur