Daisho-in Temple on Miyajima

Posted on September 19th, 2025 under Japan. Tags: buddhist, Daishoin 大聖院, miyajima, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, Temizuya (手水舎). Comments Off on Chozuya

My random, desktop image of the day comes from four summers ago in Fukuoka, Japan.

Posted on July 9th, 2017 under Japan. Tags: fukuoka, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, shinto, Temizuya (手水舎). Comments Off on Temizuya (手水舎)

Chozuya (also called temizuya is a wash basin commonly found in Japan at Shinto shrines) on Koyasan

Posted on April 23rd, 2015 under Japan. Tags: koyasan 高野山, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, shinto, Temizuya (手水舎). Comments Off on 手水舎

Temizuya and vending machines (jidohanbaiki) @ Fukuoka Shinto shrine

Posted on July 17th, 2014 under Japan. Tags: fukuoka, jidohanbaiki, kushida jinja, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, shinto, Temizuya (手水舎). Comments Off on Temizuya (手水舎) @ Kushida-jinja (櫛田神社)

Japanese girl in kimono at shrine – 1950s – Kokura (Kitakyushu), Japan

Another photo today from my father’s collection of slides… If this beautiful, little girl is still alive today (2013) she is about 62-years old.

Posted on February 16th, 2013 under Japan. Tags: kids, shinto, Temizuya (手水舎), vintage color slides. Comments Off on Little Japanese Girl