仏足跡

Bet you didn’t know the Buddha had a swastika on each toe. Well he did, at least before WWII, and still in parts of Japan where the swastika doesn’t have the negative image it has earned nearly everywhere else in the world.

Believers are encouraged to take their shoes off, stand on the Buddha’s footprints, say a few words, and get lucky. This is found at Miyajima’s Daishoin.

Posted on July 14th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: buddhist, Daishoin 大聖院, miyajima, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Footprint of the Buddha

Nikko, Japan

Wrong season for today’s photo as Setsubun is in February, but it was my random, desktop image of the day.

Posted on July 10th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: festivals, nikko, people, setsubun. Comments Off on Setsubun @ Rinnoji

2013 Softbank Fukuoka Hawks guide book

My random, desktop image of the day is this one from two years ago. I suppose I took this photo because of the irony of spelling perfect incorrectly. The “all battle results of the 2012 season” also sounds more intriguing than saying “last year’s box scores”.

Posted on July 6th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: baseball, engrish, fukuoka, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 AF-S NIKKOR G ED N, Nikon D750, Sadaharu Oh Baseball Museum. Comments Off on Parfect Guide

Daishoin prayer wheels (マニ車) (Miyajima, Japan)

Posted on June 29th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: buddhist, Daishoin 大聖院, miyajima, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Daishoin

Japanese girl can’t resist inspecting the goods offered at a fireworks matsuri in Inuyama, Japan

Posted on June 25th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: festivals, inuyama, kids, matsuri, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Japanese toys at a summer festival