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Sep. 21, 2021
[Image1]Just a smaller post today. A photo that I took in Asakusa before the pandemic broke out. I remember

Just a smaller post today. A photo that I took in Asakusa before the pandemic broke out. I remember eating some delicious ramen in the area as well. Hoping that everything returns back to normal by new years. Would love to visit Sensoji Temple this year if possible. Or at least some other shrine within range for Hatsumode. I still need to climb Mt. Fuji as well, but maybe in a couple more years. As long as I do it before I can't walk anymore lol

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Sep. 22, 2021
Some more photos I took in Nagatoro. These are some photos of the shrine approach and some of the torii gates in and around Hodosan Shrine. I really loved the architecture and decorations around the shrine, it was incredibly intricate with all of the dragons and the different colors as well. The small shrine Inari Shrine made for a nice view as well, especially with the red torii gates across from it. They kind of reminded me of Motonosumi Shrine with how they were patterned down the staircase, although there obviously weren't as many gates lol. There was also the tan-colored torii gate at the end of them, with the shrine on the right. I didn't manage to get a photo of that one though, unfortunately.
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Some more photos I took at Todaiji Temple. The first statue is of Vaisravana (多聞天/毘沙門天), another of the Four Heavenly Kings, holding a staff and some sort of small pagoda,. The second statue is Cintamanicakra (如意輪観音), a bodhisattva. The third photo is a (unfortunately poor quality) photo of Vairocana, the Cosmic Buddha from my understanding. The rest of the photos are models of Todaiji's Great Buddha Hall from 800 and 300 years ago, and Nandai-mon, the Great South Gate. The pagoda is, from my understanding, a replica of one of the lost pagodas that used to be located at Todaiji Temple, but I believe was burnt down? I could be wrong about that though. Then last is a photo of the heads of Virudhaka (増長天)(left), and Dhrtarastra (持国天)(right), two of the Four Heavenly Kings. Lots of cool stuff to be seen at Todaiji! Definitely recommend it. My photos don't do it justice at all.

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