Roof detail at the Gokonomiya shrine in Fushimi, Japan.
The architecture of Japanese shrines and temples fascinates me. The structures are elaborate and decorative, incorporate wood carvings, paintings, sculpture, metal reliefs… I usually wish I had someone knowledgeable to explain to me the stories they tell.
Morning sun lighting smoke in the woods with the vermilion gates of the Fushimi Inari Taisha in the background.
Path at the Fushimi Inari shrine at night.
Sake barrel. Fushimi ward (伏見区) neighborhood in Kyoto, Japan.
Tea shop in Fushimi in Kyoto.
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.
A kitsune statue, representing the messenger of the kami Inari, watches as the Japanese maple turns colors against the sunset at the Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto, Japan.
