Torii Gate
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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.
Tree
Kamakura, Japan - This tree is just behind the Sammon (Main Gate) at the Hasedera Temple in Kamakura, Japan.
Prayer flags
Kamakura, Japan - I am guessing that these are some type of prayer flags. These are at the Zeniarai Benten Shrine.
Kamakura, Japan - I am guessing that these are some type of prayer flags.
Temple
Kamakura, Japan - Another temple to a lesser God at the Hasedera Temple in Kamakura, Japan.
Tourists
Kamakura, Japan - More tourists enjoying the Hasedera Temple grounds.
Pond
Kamakura, Japan - Gardens at the Hasedera Temple in Kamakura, Japan.
Plestiodon
Kamakura, Japan - I found this little guy running around some rocks. It took some research, but it is called the common five-lined skink.
Gardens
Abby
Kamakura, Japan - From what I could get from the signs on the trail, this is some type of Abby. You had to pay a few extra Yen to spend time in the garden.
Place of Prayer
Kamakura, Japan - This is a side temple at Hasedera. There are several temples to lesser gods here.
