Interior of The Strand Arcade, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia The Strand Arcade is a Victorian-style historic shopping arcade in Sydney, NSW, Australia. The Strand Arcade is located in the heart of the Sydney central business district (CBD), between Pitt Street Mall and George Street. Deigned by English architect John Spencer, ‘The Strand’ was...
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Black Matsumoto Castle, Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Chubu region, Honshu Island, Japan More images: Matsumoto Stock Images | Japan Stock Images | Travel Stock Photography
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Ema, Prayer Tablets, at Kaikozan Hase-dera Temple, Kaikozan Hase-dera Temple, Kamakura, Honshu, Japan Ema are small wooden plaques on which Shinto worshippers write their prayers or wishes. The ema are then left hanging up at the shrine, where the kami (spirits or gods) receive them. They bear various pictures, often of animals or other Shinto...
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Picture: Matsumoto Castle at Sunset, Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Chubu region, Honshu Island, Japan More images: Matsumoto Stock Images | Japan Stock Images | Travel Stock Photography
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Picture: Decorative Dragon Drum Of The Imperial Guard at Deoksugung Palace in Seoul, South Korea More images: Deoksugung Palace Stock Images | Seoul Stock Images | Korea Stock Images | Travel Stock Photography
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Picture: Ten Thousands of Red Torii Gates at Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto, Kansai, Honshu, Japan Yesterday I was reading about hurricanes and tropical cyclones with category 5, like Katrina that destroyed New Orleans or Yasi that recently hit Queensland, Australia. To my surprise the typhoon Melor that hit Japan and Tokyo on October 8, 2009,...
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Fushimi Inari Taisha is a shinto jinja (shrine) dedicated to the spirit Inari, located in Fushimi-ku in about 2km south-east of Kyoto station, Japan. Fushimi Inari Taisha is without doubt the largest and most impressive Inari shrine in Japan. Fushimi Inari Taisha is also famous for appearing in the film Memoirs of a Geisha. Fushimi...
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Shot this bronze statue of Jikokuten at Hase-dera Temple, Kamakura, Japan. Jikokuten literally means “Guardian of the Nation”. Jikokuten is the Keeper of the Kingdom, the Upholder of the Country, the Protector of the World. Jikokuten usually carries a sword in right hand, with closed left hand resting on hip; sometimes shown holding a stringed...
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Hase-dera (known more formally as Kaikozan Jishoin Hase-dera) is one of the great Buddhist temples in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, famous for housing a massive wooden statue of Kannon. The temple is the fourth of the 33 stations of the Bando Sanjusankasho pilgrimage circuit dedicated to the goddess Benzaiten. The temple...
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