Butsuden Hall
Golden Buddha statues
The building in which these are housed.
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Watch your step
Daishoin steps in the rain (Miyajima, Japan)
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Sometimes, when you are navigating slippery, rocky steps in the rain, you need someone to watch out for you.
Change of focus
Japanese maple trees in focus
Most people drive to near the top of Shosenkyo these days. If they don’t they usually take a bus. While the views near the top are great, there is a ton of beauty along the journey should you choose to hike instead.
I couldn’t decide which photo I liked better so you get them both. I tried to focus stack these images, but my camera settings and perspective weren’t close enough in the originals for a decent result of having both the foreground and background in focus in a single composite image.
Buddhist statue in focus
Kongobuji dragon
Kongobuji (金剛峰寺) decorative eaves
People hurry, the Buddha sits
Kamakura, Japan
Tokeiji
Time for church
Morning prayer service in a Buddhist temple (Fudoin on Koyasan)
I have witnessed many Shinto and Buddhist rituals, but my night on Koyasan was my first experience actually participating in one (other than carrying the omikoshi during a Shinto procession). The night I was there the shukubo had two other parties of gaijin and three or four parties of native Japanese. We all attended the prayer service led by the young Buddhist monks in the morning. Although you didn’t need to speak or understand Japanese to participate, I was the only one of the gaijin who did more than watch. Maybe the others were Christian and felt like they would be betraying their faith. In any event, it felt good to do more than just watch for once.