JapãoŌsaka-fuOsaka-shiSennichimaeKamigata Ukiyoe Museum34°40’5” N 135°30’9” E
25 de maio, Japão ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
A small shrine set in the middle of the busy city, the Buddha statue is completely covered in moss! Really unusual to see, and worshippers were pouring water onto the statue while praying too.
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JapãoŌsaka-fuOsaka-shiBanbachōOsaka castle34°41’14” N 135°31’33” E
25 de maio, Japão ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
The gold detailing on Osaka Castle really set it apart from the other castles we have seen, although it had been modernised with lifts being put in it etc still looked traditional.
It was however tooLeia mais
JapãoNara-kenByakukōjichōNara Kōen34°41’5” N 135°50’30” E
23 de maio, Japão ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
One of the main draws of Nara Park is the bowing deer, which I simply had to see. There are crackers you can buy for them, and after a bow you can reward them with a cracker. All of the deer know howLeia mais
JapãoNara-kenHigashikiderachōTōdai-ji34°41’20” N 135°50’23” E
23 de maio, Japão ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
This huge Buddha was amazing to see! You could tell how big the statue was going to be by the size of the huge temple its housed in. All of the surrounding statues were huge too, but paled inLeia mais
JapãoŌsaka-fuOsaka-shiNambaŌsaka Heiya34°40’9” N 135°30’11” E
22 de maio, Japão ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
The centre of the madness of Osaka; the iconic Glico guy sign and the canal with high rise buildings and advertisements on each side, with huge advertisements on shop fronts trying to lure customersLeia mais
JapãoKyoto PrefectureKyōto-shiImagumanoSanjusangen-do34°59’16” N 135°46’18” E
21 de maio, Japão ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
This was a huge temple that was amazing inside...but we couldn't take photos. Which is such a shame as it was so unusual with one thousand individually carved wooden Buddha's and a huge buddha statueLeia mais
JapãoKyoto PrefectureKyōto-shiFukakusa34°58’5” N 135°46’48” E
21 de maio, Japão ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Another one of the famous temples in Kyoto, this one has thousands of Shinto Gates across a mountain area. It was really busy to start with, but most people only do the small loop while we headed upLeia mais
JapãoKyoto PrefectureKyōto-shiGiommachi34°59’55” N 135°46’45” E
20 de maio, Japão ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Another contender for the busiest place in Kyoto this is a famous photo op at the top of the street looking down to the temple at sunset. We got there just in time, after wandering through the cutestLeia mais
JapãoKyoto PrefectureKyōto-shiKeage35°0’58” N 135°46’57” E
20 de maio, Japão ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Massive temple that we visited while nearby, the gardens were meant to be gorgeous but you had pay to get in and we were short on time so had to give them a miss. It was great to see such a hugeLeia mais
JapãoKyoto PrefectureKyōto-shiKeage35°1’3” N 135°47’19” E
20 de maio, Japão ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
What a find! Luke took us to this shrine as its dedicated to rabbits, and fertility, but we managed to get a bit confused and went to the temple first.
We were the only ones there, and had to be letLeia mais
