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... decorated with a number of Christmas decorations including pictures of Santa and a large illuminated snowman in the hall, heck it is Japan after all. Anyway I set off towards to the temples but on arriving around 4pm they were just closing for the day, ...
... to the famed carving of the see no hear no speak no monkeys. And seemingly home also to the foreign mega star. Living in Japan you get used to the looks of interest but Nikko was something else. Autographs requested, lots of posing (can we take your ...
... and somewhat spoiled the old atmosphere of the place. That's not to say they were that old anyway as with most places in Japan they had been rebuilt recently due to being destroyed by either fire, earthquakes or World War II. After taken my shoes off ...
... in various parts of Asia but the whole Shinto thing was new to me. I've since learnt it's the indigenous religion of Japan consisting chiefly in the cultic devotion to deities of natural forces and veneration of the Emperor as a descendant of the sun ...
Nikko, Tochigi, Kanto, Japan

Bainbridge Island, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Kanto, Japan

Nikko, Tochigi, Kanto, Japan

Nikko, Tochigi, Kanto, Japan

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