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Tojinbo sign indicating the Echizen-Kaga Coastal Quasi-National Park

Tojinbo in Mikuni-cho is spectacular, natural rock columns and walls on the coast. Hiking trails and boat rides give you a closer look at this rare natural monument. Tojimbo is accessible by bus from JR Awara Onsen Station on the Hokuriku Line.

Huge rock columns stand about 9 stories (25 meters) high.

Bungee jumping is probably not possible here.

People coming to Takahata Fudoson temple on Feb. 3, Setsubun day.

Takahata Fudoson temple entrance 高幡不動尊

To Kichijoji Falls

Entrance to Takahata Fudoson Kongoji temple

The setsubun bean-throwing starts with a memorial service, then a procession of the bean throwers and priests.

Explanation sign

Takahata Fudoson Kongoji temple, Hino, Tokyo 高幡不動尊金剛寺

Priests in setsubun procession within the temple grounds.

Down to Kichijoji Falls, right next to the highway.

Niomon Gate, Important Cultural Property from the Muromachi Period 仁王門 (重要文化財)

Priests in setsubun procession within the temple grounds.

Gorge

Niomon Gate

Priests in setsubun procession coming through Niomon Gate

Downstream of falls

Fudo Hall on left and Horinkaku on the right, Takahata Fudoson Kongoji temple, Hino, Tokyo

Priest blowing a conch shell

Akikawa River below Kichijoji Falls, Hinohara, Tokyo

Priests in setsubun procession coming through Niomon Gate

Incense burner 大香炉

Kichijoji Falls 吉祥寺滝

Festival beauties included.

Putting smoke on one's head.

Kichijoji Falls 吉祥寺滝

Temple priest

Fudo Hall from the 14th century, Important Cultural Property 不動堂 (重要文化財)

Kichijoji Falls 吉祥寺滝

Names of the bean throwers.

Fudo Hall

Start of setsubun bean throwing (mamemaki) by minor celebrities. 豆まき

Fudo Hall offertory box and worshippers

Upstream Kichijoji Falls

Offertory box

Miss Nippon

Kichijoji Falls consist of three small waterfalls. Hinohara, Tokyo 吉祥寺滝

Miss Nippon throw beans, but not very far.

Horinkaku and Niomon on right.

Kichijoji Falls, Hinohara, Tokyo

Horinkaku 宝輪閣（お札所）

Kimono beauties and beans do mix well.

Also see the video at YouTube.

Women in kimono is a must on Setsubun day.

Roof of Horinkaku 宝輪閣

Minor female idols also on hand to throw beans.

Statue of Hijikata Toshizo from Shinsengumi. 土方歳三像

Upstream Akikawa River from the waterfalls

節分会に吉井怜、三津谷葉子、福下恵美が豆まく

Statue of Hijikata Toshizo. 土方歳三像

Highway next to Kichijoji Falls

Bikini idols Yoshii Rei, Mitsuya Yoko, and Fukushita Megumi throwing beans on Setsubun

Rear view of Hijikata Toshizo statue

Down to another scenic point near Kichijoji Falls

After the first bean-throwing session.

Benten Pond and Hall 弁天池・弁天堂

Gorge near Kichijoji Falls

Bentendo Hall 弁天堂

Crystal-clear water

Magistrate's living quarters 居宅（嵐山の間）

Crowd waits for another bean-throwing session

Five-story Pagoda 五重塔

Akikawa River

People crowd in front of the Horinkaku

Took 5 years to build this.

Bean throwers make speeches.

Five-story Pagoda 五重塔

Five-story Pagoda, architecture is based on early Heian Period-style. 五重塔

Miss Nippon somethings

Stands 45 meters tall

Throw the beans farther!

Base of pagoda

Fuku wa uchi!!

Flags on pagoda

Setsubun bean throwing at Takahata Fudoson temple, Hino, Tokyo

Jizo and pagoda

Setsubun bean throwing at Takahata Fudoson temple, Hino, Tokyo

Even Hello Kitty threw beans for Setsubun at Takahata Fudoson temple, Hino, Tokyo

Plants for sale

Yoshii Rei and Mitsuya Yoko

Many artifacts are on display inside. 奥殿

Bikini idols Yoshii Rei, Mitsuya Yoko, and Fukushita Megumi throw beans a second time.

Sadly, lot of people (especially those way in the back) didn't get any beans.

奥殿

Missed beans get crushed on the ground. These are dried soybeans.

Rear view of Fudo Hall

Entrance to the daruma fair.

Rear view of Fudo Hall

Daruma dolls for sale on the same day as Setsubun

Daruma

奥殿

Large daruma at Takahata Fudoson temple, Hino, Tokyo

Paper lanterns 奥殿

Seto Ohashi Bridge under construction in 1986.

Daruma

View of Fudo Hall and Horinkaku

JR Oji Station on the Keihin-Tohoku Line

View of Fudo Hall and Horinkaku

Tokyo Toden streetcar at Oji Station, bound for Minowa-bashi.

建設中の瀬戸大橋

The path is lined with daruma doll vendors

Horinkaku

Toden streetcar leaving Oji Station

Daruma dolls

Kodo Daishi Hall 大師堂

Main worship hall 大日堂

Kurashiki end

Daruma

Kannon statue

The double decker still not installed.

Jizo statues

Seto Ohashi Bridge under construction in 1986, Kurashiki.

Daruma

Side of the main worship hall

Seto Ohashi Bridge under construction in 1986, Kurashiki. 瀬戸大橋

Cemetary behind main hall

Shimotsui Seto Bridge to Hitsuishijima island

Hall of 1000 Jizo 千体地蔵堂

Start of the double decker from Kurashiki.

Countless little Jizo statues 千体地蔵堂

Start of the double decker bridge.

Jizo statues 千体地蔵堂

Closeup of Jizo statues 千体地蔵堂

Map of temple grounds

Boat cruise for seeing the bridge.

Passed under the bridge.

View of Ritto from Mt. Anyoji. Marvelous view if it weren't for the trees...

View of Ritto from Mt. Anyoji.

View Hira mountains from Mt. Anyoji.

Shimotsui Station

View from Mt. Anyoji in Ritto.

View from Mt. Anyoji.

Mt. Anyoji trail sign totally illegible. No map on the mountain to tell you where ypu are either.

Small shrine

Another broken sign.

View from Mt. Anyoji 安養寺山

Power line tower on Mt. Anyoji

Mt. Anyoji from afar looks like a tumulus.

Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography. Beautiful museum in the middle of nowhere, dedicated to the late Ueda Shoji, one of Japan's most famous fine-art photographers.

Entrance

Front view. On the left, there is a small lens in the wall for a camera obscura.

Inside one of the galleries.

View of Mt. Daisen.

Sensoji temple's Kaminarimon Gate. There's a large road in front and also a large paved area where festivals are held. 雷門

Symbol of Tokyo: Kaminari-mon Gate with a giant red paper lantern. Pass through this gate to reach Asakusa Kannon Temple. 雷門

One of Tokyo's most photographed buildings: Kaminari-mon Gate with a giant red paper lantern.

Giant red paper lantern with the kanji characters "Kaminari Mon." The gate was reconstructed in 1960. The previous one was lost in a fire in 1865.

Under the lantern on the gold cap, there's "Matsushita Denki" (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. or Panasonic). The current Kaminarimon Gate and giant lantern were rebuilt in 1960 as a donation by Konosuke Matsushita.

The lantern is covered with a protective net. The lantern can be collapsed like an accordion to allow tall objects (such as a mikoshi portable shrine during the Sanja Matsuri festival) to pass under the gate. It is also collapsed during typhoons.

The famous Kaminarimon lantern was replaced with a new one in Nov. 2013. This is the back.

The bottom of the new Kaminarimon lantern has this nice artwork.

The temple is also called Kinryuzan, meaning Golden Dragon. 金龍山

An unusual time when the giant lantern was removed for repairs. Asakusa looks very strange, almost naked, without the giant lantern.

After passing through the Kaminarimon Gate, this is what you see: Nakamise shopping arcade. When it rains, a canopy is put up.

Nakamise-dori souvenir arcade. One of Japan's most popular and crowded tourist arcades.

In spring, a cherry blossom motif is put up.

At the end of the year and New Year's, auspicious red and white and New Year's decorations are put up.

Nakamise sells all kinds of Japanese things. Originally, they catered to religious pilgrims. Now it's mostly tourists.

Kimono shop

Traditional footwear

Paper umbrellas

Trinkets

Small Kannon statues for 25,000 yen.

Approaching another gate called Hozomon Gate. 宝蔵門

Hozomon Gate ahead. 宝蔵門

Hozomon Gate, means "Treasure Storage Gate." Indeed, the second floor houses important cultural properties. The gate was reconstructed in 1964, a ferroconcrete building.宝蔵門

Being the main gate, Hozomon Gate is much bigger than Kaminarimon Gate, and it also had a giant paper lantern.

Hozomon Gate

Hozomon Gate's giant paper lantern.

Behind Hozomon Gate is a pair of giant straw sandals hanging on the wall.

Giant straw sandal.

Sometimes on the way to Sensoji temple in Asakusa, you might see stalls selling seasonal gifts like the Hozuki Ground Cherry Pod Fair held on July 9th–10th.

Hozuki Ground Cherry Pod Fair held annually on July 9th–10th.

Hozuki Ground Cherry Pod Fair held on July 9th–10th in Asakusa.

Hozuki Ground Cherry Pod Fair held on July 9th–10th.

5-story pagoda reconstructed in 1973, made of ferroconcrete. Roof tiles made of aluminum alloy. 五重塔

Place to buy a omikuji fortune paper.

Hondo worship hall was reconstructed in 1958, made of ferroconcrete. The original Hondo was built in 1649 and a National Treasure until it was destroyed during World War II. 本堂