Japanese shrines & temples

Photographs of Japanese shrines and temples

Moving prayer tablets

Shintō priests moving prayer tablet rack

Prayer tablets

Wooden prayer tablets at Zenko-ji temple

Sakadaru

Rice-wine barrels at Hachiman-gu shrine

Meiji-jingu

Principal building of the Meiji-jingu shrine

Shrine roofs

Roofs of the Meiji-jingu shrine

Lanterns

Hanging lanterns at Senso-ji temple

Ceiling

Painted figure on ceiling at Senso-ji temple

Detail of door, Senso-ji

Decorative element on door, Senso-ji temple

Temple doors

Doors at Hongan-ji temple in Tsukiji

Decorative screen

Decorative elements in Meiji-jingu shrine

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Asia, Hachiman-gu, Honshu, Honshū, Japan, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kantō, Shinto, Shintō, buildings, kami-no-michi, people, prayer tablets, priests, religion, temples, Chūbu, Nagano, Nagano prefecture, Zenko-ji, prayer, barrels, containers, rice wine barrels, sakadaru, Meiji-jingu, Tokyo, shrines, rain, roofs, Asakusa, Senso-ji, lanterns, ceilings, decoration, Hongan-ji, Tsukiji, doors