Torii Gate
Building Detail
Japanese Windsock
Japanese Purification Fountain
Temple in Japan
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Small Shrine
Tori Gates
Kamakura, Japan - These Tori Gates marked the exit from the tunnel and the entrance to the shrine
Merchants
Kamakura, Japan - These merchants help to support the shrine. Good thing, because my water supply was running low.
Practitioners
Kamakura, Japan - These people are both touring and practicing their religions. At places like this, it is difficult to take pictures and be respectful at the same time.
Kamakura, Japan - Tori gates are supposed to mark the transition from the profane to the sacred.
The Spring
Kamakura, Japan - According to the sites signage, the founder of the shrine, Minamoto Yoritomo was told to build this shrine in the mountains where a spring flowed. Looks like he found it.
Prayer site
Kamakura, Japan - The Zeniarai Benten Shrine was a unique find. I hade to walk through a man mad cave to get to it. I also had to endure a very rugged mountain hike above Kamakura to get there.
