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Tochoji pagoda (Fukuoka, Japan)
According to wiki, Tochoji is most famous for having the largest statue of a seated Buddha in Japan. However, the one in Kamakura is several meters taller. Maybe they meant the largest wood statue of the Buddha. In any event, there is more to see at Tochoji, including the pagoda, pictured above, and the paintings of hell.
Buddha statues between Tenryuji and Togetsukyo Bridge
With the heavy tourist traffic between Togetsukyo (渡月橋) and Tenryuji (天龍寺) an otherwise missed tofu restaurant attracts lots of attention with these curious statues of the Buddha next to their parking lot. Here is a photo from the same statue garden from a different season.
Finger puppets in Tokyo’s Yanaka
The details in these displays in the window of Shokichi can keep me staring for long periods of time. Head on in for a puppet show.
Shofukuji kittens
Two nights ago I watched Tampopo (タンポポ) for the first time. If you haven’t seen this flick, you should. Although mostly about ramen, it also is about eating in all forms. So when today’s photo showed up as my desktop image of the day it felt appropriate to link the two. Although you can only see parts of two of them, there were actually about five kittens enjoying breakfast via mama cat on this morning.
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Takeda Shingen Statue (武田信玄之像)
Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
I went past this statue multiple times a day for the first seven months I lived in Japan in the 1980s. I have changed much since then, but it hasn’t changed a bit.