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Taiwan
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Female
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Age 22
YUTONG CHEN posted.
![[Image1]This photograph was taken at Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto, where the winter morning sun spills over](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/9dd2a45102eeac269993d337bdaa254572415188.jpg)
This photograph was taken at Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto, where the winter morning sun spills over the ridge and illuminates the thousand-year-old wooden structure supported by 139 logs.
Standing on the stage, you can feel not only the ultimate of architectural craftsmanship, but also the accumulation of thousands of years of faith and life. The prayers of the crowd, the lingering of cigarettes, and the baptism of sunlight seem to transform this ancient building from a static structure into a flowing container of time.
This is not just a temple, but the embodiment of "Dancing with Faith" in Japanese culture.
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YUTONG CHEN posted.
![[Image1]This is not a road to overlook or a shrine to look up to, but a path that I chose to gaze from](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/8b285ef0b2cfcfe4e443ff2bbfbc771f504ffd5d.jpg)
This is not a road to overlook or a shrine to look up to, but a path that I chose to gaze from "sideways" among the Inari mountains.
The repeated torii gates along the way form a curve that slowly disappears into the distance between the forests, allowing people to silently step into a time and space where history and faith are intertwined. Color is no longer just decoration, but part of space: vermilion is like blood, forest green is like soul.
This path may not be a stairway to the future, but a quiet flow of people in the deepest part of the spiritual world.
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YUTONG CHEN posted.
![[Image1]In this work, I chose to stand under the Inari Torii and look up at the stone steps leading to the d](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/ce8c3e6d316f38ba60ed3be773afb30e4ea18368.jpg)
In this work, I chose to stand under the Inari Torii and look up at the stone steps leading to the depths of the mountain forest. Sunlight pours down through the gaps in the torii gate, leaving bright marks on the stairs, like the footprints of gods.
The torii gate is not just a building, but also a "boundary" - it distinguishes between the mundane and the divine, the mortal and the faithful. The staircase in the center of the picture leads people into the unknown but sacred situation.
In the quiet forest, light becomes the only sound. It is not noisy, but powerful, just like our inner awe and exploration of the unknown.
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YUTONG CHEN posted.
![[Image1]In this work, I chose to use the shadow forest as a curtain to let the torii gate of Fushimi Inari T](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/6afa2999a821da7ab72c50de9a011729fa3a2087.jpg)
In this work, I chose to use the shadow forest as a curtain to let the torii gate of Fushimi Inari Taisha slowly appear in natural light. The people walking through it are as calm as travelers, making the shrine not only a sightseeing spot, but also a gateway to the spiritual world.
Passed down from generation to generation, these vermilion birds symbolize the continuation of beliefs, traditions and aspirations, stretching through the woods, like a vein between humans and nature, between the divine and the mundane. Although the picture is silent, it contains strong spiritual tension and cultural resonance.
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YUTONG CHEN posted.
![[Image1]In this Street View photo, I captured the most iconic street of Dotonbori in Osaka. From the large-s](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/27426b626d76ef08789e0dc3303a372bd4799294.jpg)
In this Street View photo, I captured the most iconic street of Dotonbori in Osaka. From the large-scale traditional food sign "Osaka King Sho" to the "EXPO 2025" logo, which symbolizes the future, it shows how a city is constantly flowing and merging between tradition and future. The text and lights stacked on top and bottom of the picture seem to be the breathing rhythm of the city, which is both crowded and organized, just like the name of the Wanbo mascot "Myakumyaku (vein)", symbolizing the continuation and circulation of the city's culture and life.
This is not just a street scene, but a story that tells the coexistence of time flow and culture.
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