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Ornate ceiling of Ichigansha Shrine 一願社 (一願成就社). Oct 06, 2018
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Inside Ichigansha Shrine 一願社 (一願成就社). Oct 06, 2018
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Ichigansha Shrine altar.Oct 06, 2018
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Ichigansha Shrine 一願社 (一願成就社). Pray here for success or victory.Oct 06, 2018
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Ichigansha Shrine 一願社 (一願成就社). Pray here for success or victory.Oct 06, 2018
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Benzaiten, goddess of music and anything that flows. Tarobogu Shrine, Higashi-Omi, Shiga.Oct 06, 2018
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Ichigansha Shrine 一願社 (一願成就社). Pray here for success or victory.Oct 06, 2018
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Benzaiten, goddess of music has her own little shrine. Not just a statue.Oct 06, 2018
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Statues of the gods of good fortune are scattered around.Oct 06, 2018
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Suzuka mountains.Oct 06, 2018
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Near the first torii in front of the train station.Oct 06, 2018
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Beautiful views from Tarobogu Shrine.Oct 06, 2018
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Beautiful views from Tarobogu Shrine.Oct 06, 2018
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Beautiful views from Tarobogu Shrine.Oct 06, 2018
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Inside Tarobogu's Honden main shrine. Surprisingly small building.Oct 06, 2018
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Legend says that the god split the Wedded Rocks in two. Legend also says that the rocks will crush any person who has a malicious heart or has told a lie. Most local kids therefore run through here to escape the god's crush. Meoto-iwa 夫婦岩Oct 06, 2018
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This narrow slit separates the Wedded Rocks, wide enough for normal-size people to pass through. Meoto-iwa 夫婦岩Oct 06, 2018
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Omotesando path to the main shrine. 表参道Oct 06, 2018
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Inside Sanshuden Hall. 参集殿Oct 06, 2018
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View from Sanshuden Hall. Oct 06, 2018
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Great thing about Tarobogu Shrine is the views.Oct 06, 2018
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Going up to Sanshuden Hall is a modern building where they sell amulets. 参集殿Oct 06, 2018
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More stairs to go to the Honden main shrine.Oct 06, 2018
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PriestsOct 06, 2018
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They held the bonfire festival in Dec. (See the separate album for this.)Oct 06, 2018
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There a flat piece of land for the shrine.Oct 06, 2018
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A significant rock.Oct 06, 2018
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It's not so bad if you're in shape. Actually, I took these going-up pictures while going down the steps. (Went up by bus.)Oct 06, 2018
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Yes, up this way.Oct 06, 2018
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Go up these steps.Oct 06, 2018
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Good luck.Oct 06, 2018
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If you don't have a car or if there'sno shuttle bus, you get to climb up 700 stone steps to the shrine. This is the entrance to the climb up.Oct 06, 2018
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About the Jizo statue.Oct 06, 2018
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Second torii to Tarobogu Shrine.Oct 06, 2018
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The second torii near the foot of the mountain.Oct 06, 2018
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Entrance to the shrine's rice paddy.Oct 06, 2018
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This is where the shrine holds the rice-planting festival on the third Sunday of May.Oct 06, 2018
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Sanshuden Hall is a modern building where they sell amulets. Also has meeting rooms. 参集殿Oct 06, 2018
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Honden shrine can be seen.Oct 06, 2018
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Mt. Mitsukuriyama, home of Tarobogu Shrine.Oct 06, 2018
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You can drive up halfway up the mountain (called Mitsukuriyama 箕作山) which is 350 meters high. If you don't have a car, climb over 700 steps to reach the shrine's main hall.Oct 06, 2018
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Just head toward this pointy mountain.Oct 06, 2018
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Farm land along the way.Oct 06, 2018
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The first torii you see right near the train station.Oct 06, 2018
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Tarobogu-mae Station entrance.Oct 06, 2018
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It was autumn when I revisited Tarobogu.Oct 06, 2018
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Tarobogu-mae Station's rundown bicycle lot. How rustic.Oct 06, 2018
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Tarobogu-mae Station exit has a tengu goblin.Oct 06, 2018
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Tarobogu-mae Station on the Ohmi Railways. Oct 06, 2018
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Tarobogu-mae Station on the Ohmi Railways. Trains come from Omi-Hachiman and Yokaichi Stations.Oct 06, 2018
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Saicho, founder of Tendai Buddhist Sect, also prayed at Tarobo. Up to when Shinto and Buddhism was separated during the Meiji Period, both Shinto and Tendai followers worshipped at Tarobo."Tarobo" is the name of the Tengu goblin serving as the guardian of this shrine. The shrine god is known as the "God of Victory," for business prosperity, winning something, beating a disease, or passing an exam.Oct 06, 2018
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The shrine has a long history, spanning 1,400 years beginning with Shotoku Taishi who built Kawaraji temple on this mountain and also prayed at Tarobo shrine known for making miracles happen. MapOct 06, 2018
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Apologies for the fire. Luckily the fire did not affect the Shinkansen train.Oct 06, 2018
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In 2014, this building on the left in Yurakucho right next to the Shinkansen tracks caught fire.Oct 06, 2018
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Building that caught fire being repaired.Oct 06, 2018
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In 2014, a building in Yurakucho right next to the Shinkansen tracks caught fire and the shinkansen passed through the fire.Oct 06, 2018
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Street cameras. You are being watched/recorded in Ginza/Yurakucho.Oct 06, 2018
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The old and convenient Tourist Information Center was on the 1st floor of this building in Ginza/Yurakucho.Oct 06, 2018
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Toward Yurakucho Station.Oct 06, 2018
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Yuraku Concourse old movie posters.Oct 06, 2018
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Yuraku Concourse is a nostalgic place.Oct 06, 2018
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Yurakucho Mullion has movie theaters and shops.Oct 06, 2018
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Yurakucho Mullion at night.Oct 06, 2018
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Truck hit an overhead barrier at Sukiyabashi.Oct 06, 2018
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Truck hit an overhead barrier at Sukiyabashi.Oct 06, 2018
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In 2010, a truck hit an overhead barrier at Sukiyabashi.Oct 06, 2018
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Subway exit near Sukiyabashi.Oct 06, 2018
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Sculpture by Okamoto Taro at Sukiyabashi.Oct 06, 2018
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Sculpture by Okamoto Taro at Sukiyabashi near Ginza.Oct 06, 2018
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Sculpture by Okamoto Taro at Sukiyabashi.Oct 06, 2018
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Where the old Hankyu Dept. Store was. Replaced by Tokyu Plaza Ginza.Oct 06, 2018
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Where the old Hankyu Dept. Store was. Replaced by Tokyu Plaza Ginza.Oct 06, 2018
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Site of the old Hankyu Dept. Store in Yurakucho.Oct 06, 2018
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Nikon used cameras at Sukibayashi.Oct 06, 2018
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GAP in Ginza.Oct 06, 2018
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To Yurakucho/Hibiya.Oct 06, 2018
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To Yurakucho/Hibiya on the right.Oct 06, 2018
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The old Matsuzakaya Dept. Store.Oct 06, 2018
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When this picture was taken, they had recently torn down Matsuzakaya Dept. Store. The new Ginza Six complex has since been built.Oct 06, 2018
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Road toward where Matsuzakaya Dept. Store used to be.Oct 06, 2018
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Ginza Apple Store.Oct 06, 2018
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Ginza Matsuya Dept. Store.Oct 06, 2018
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Ginza Matsuya Dept. Store.Oct 06, 2018
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