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JAPAN VACATION PHOTOS

Shimane Prefecutre

Matsue Castle in Shimane Prefecture	Exhibit Hall of an Iron Mine	Iron Mine Street View
Mountain Cherry Tree in Garden	Old Street View at Iron Mine	Adachi Museum of Art
Tea House at Iron Mine	Shinto Shrine at Iron Mine	Izumo Taisha Shrine
Izumo Taisha Shrine Main Hall

Former Yasuda Garden in Sumida-ku, Tokyo

Hirado Island

Matsura Historical Museum	Dutch Trading Post #1	Dutch Trading Post #2
Small Island near Hirado	Hirado Island Buddhist Temple	Temple and Church View
Buddhist Temple Entrance	Saint Francis Xavier Memorial	Hirado Castle #1
Hirado Castle #2	Shinto Shrine Gate at Hirado Castle

Kumamoto Castle

Kumamoto Castle #1 A collection of photos of Kumamoto Castle (Kumamoto-jō 熊本城) located in Kumamoto Prefecture taken in 2013. The castle has since had major damage done to it by a major earthquake. Please pray for Kumamoto.	Kumamoto Castle #2	Kumamoto Castle #3
Kumamoto Castle #4	Kumamoto Castle #5	Kumamoto Castle #6
Kumamoto Castle #7	Kumamoto Castle #8

Nagasaki (長崎)

Tōmeizan Kōfuku-ji (東明山興福寺) A main temple of the Obaku Zen sect in Nagasaki City.	Temple Gate The main gate at a Obaku Zen Temple in Nagasaki City topped with sea monsters to ward against fire.	Main Gate Inside Sea monsters along the inside of the main temple gate of Kōfuku Temple.
Temple Bell Tower The bell tower of Kōfuku Temple.	Confucian Temple Confucian temple located in the Chinatown of Nagasaki City.	Dutch Style House This is a Dutch style house build on the once island of Dejima in Nagasaki City.
Catholic Church A large statue of the Virgin Mary in a large Catholic Church in the city of Nagasaki.	Shikairō (四海楼) Champon Restaurant A famous restaurant in downtown Nagasaki that developed Champon style noodles.	Glover Garden (Gurabāen グラバー園) A very nice English style garden on the hill tops of Nagasaki city.

Old Shinchoji Temple The name of the temple in kanji is '旧真澄寺'. In English it is often translated as 'Old Shinchōji Temple'. An old Buddhist temple design done in the Shugendō style.	Old Shinchoji Temple The temple is in Tachikawa, Tokyo. I visited there on my 2023 vacation to Japan. It is a museum and a functional Buddhist temple.	Temple Main Entrance The main entrance of temple with a donation box placed in front.
Jizo Statue In the outdoor courtyard of the Buddhist temple is a statue of Jizo (Skt. Kshitigarbha).	Jizo Statue Jizo is an enlightened being (Skt. bodhisattva) that is the protector of all children both born and unborn and travelers everywhere.	Collection Box A close view of the collection box as you near the main entrance of the temple.
House of Bezaiten A small building for housing a heavenly guarding goddess Bezaiten (Skt. Sarasvatī).

Tachikawa, Tōkyo (立川, 東京)

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