Temple of Jizo
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| The patron saint for the unborn souls of children who have been miscarried or unborn... | ||
Faces of Icons...
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Hundreds of tiny statues...
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More statues
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Even more statues
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Dedicated to Unborn Children
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| No matter if they were miscarried or aborted. I really felt that our Catholic church lacks this type of memory - and I liked that the way the soul was remembered didn't matter how the soul was lost. | ||
Kannon
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Kannon
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Buddha of Wealth
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| Big bag of money, laughing all the way to the bank.... | ||
Daibutsu
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| This was an amazing moment for me. When I was 5 I used to be at my Granny in Austria. She had a big book on amazing sights of the world. They included this statue. I remembered it so clearly. And there it was - in front of me - I never knew where it was in the world in which country. It was a wet and rainy day, but I spent hours here. | ||
Inside the Buddha
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| You can enter the Buddha and see the most amazing structure from inside. It has survived a many earthquakes. | ||
Inside the Buddha
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| The head from below... | ||
Inside the Buddha
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| The bronze ornaments from outside... | ||
Father and child
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| In front of the Buddha's slippers.... | ||
Chest
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Head
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Seat
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It's my turn
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| There was a girl's school class that had to talk English to foreigners, ask them to fill out a form, take photos of them... It was fun the first 3 times, but I was one of the few there and met the whole class. When these two asked me for a photo, I asked for theirs, too :) | ||
Daibutsu from back
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| These little doors in the back have fascinated me for almost 30 years.... | ||
Trees and the Daibutsu
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Goodbye
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| Great experience! | ||
Train
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| On this wet day, I liked the colors... | ||
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