Just a few pics of the various Shinto/Buddhist temples/shrines we visited on the first day....enjoy...

note...images made small to fit more into a thread


A traditional buddhist rock garden....feel free to contemplate the stones, of which there are 15, symbolising the 15 islands of Japan....wherever you sit there is always at least one stone which is hidden....

     

I love japanese curvy roofs....and the tiles aswell

     

Quite a famous site...the temple of the golden pavilion

     

A shinto shrine in the centre of Kyoto....nice little towers

     

This is a shinto temple in the foothills of the mountains....lovely and serene with a nice view...

     

The view....apologies for quality

     

The main temple is supported on the hillside by wood....no nails and no glue...all slotted together

     

The entrance gate at dusk




and one in big form as I liked it





There we go....I'll try and post some more sometime soon

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This is more like it. Nice one.

beaky wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2007 at 4:09pm:


+1

So much style and elegance.

The year 9's at our school went to japan a few eeks ago! My science teacher (Who went) took a photo of the golden temple which looked almost identical to yours! Same time of day and same angle except he had a wide (not small) picture