| Chion-in
temple main building |
| The front view of
the main building at Chion-in is nice, but not totally exciting... |
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| A side view is definitely
more inspiring, you can start to see some details of the wooden structure. |
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If you're lucky,
as I was, you might even see a Buddhist service in progress, with both
lay people and monks in attendance.
I felt bad about
disturbing things by taking photographs until some of the Japanese actually
worshipping started taking photographs. And I wasn't using
flash, as they were, just natural light! |
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Some of the most
delightful aspects of the temple buildings are the roof ornaments, like
this dragon with an attitude problem. It's on the roof of the little
shelter above the incense brazier, which you can see in the foreground
of the first photo on this page, with several people standing around it. |
| Here's another roof
ornament, this time of a grinning devil.
I couldn't decide
if these were supposed to be frightening, or whether they were deliberately
humorous. |
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This little flying
lion certainly doesn't look too scary. |
| You just have to
admire the artistry of the guys who made these roof ornaments, some of
them look almost real! |
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