Tō-ji temple light-up in Kyoto, Japan.
The Yasaka shrine (Yasaka-jinja, 八坂神社; or historically Gion-sha, 梅宮神社) in the Gion district of Kyoto.
Yasaka shrine at night in Kyoto, Japan.
Stairs leading to the Kurama temple on Mount Kurama near Kyoto, Japan.
Fall colors at the Eikandō temple in Kyoto, Japan, with the main gate in the background.
A detail of a woodcarving in a gate at the Kitano Tenmangu shrine in Kyoto, Japan.
I think I could happily dedicate my life to traveling around Japan documenting the creatures and scenes and mythology that is so obviously represented by the carvings at various shrines and temples; as an illiterate foreigner with no real skills in the language doing such research is unfortunately rather daunting.
It does not prevent me from enjoying them, however.
Rikshaws waiting for clients in Arashiyama in Kyoto, Japan.
Kinkakuji, Temple of the Golden Pavilion, in Kyoto, Japan. I was so concentrated on trying to frame a shot of the pavilion that I almost didn’t notice the crane.
As night fell at the Fushimi Inari Taisha, the lights turned on. Instead of removing some of the magic the night brought this holy place, they only added a new layer of it.
