Japan (October 2016):
Osaka and Nara
Osaka:
Dotonbori-gawa canal.
The famous
Dotonbori street parallel to the canal is a bustling food destination with
flashy restaurants and smaller street vendors.
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Neon
advertising seen from the Ebisu Bashi bridge over the canal.
Hozen-ji is a small, quiet temple in a narrow alley very
close to the burstling Dotonbory
streets and arcades. Left: statue of the deity, oddly covered by moss. Center:
the temple‛s fountain. Right: Hozen-ji Yokocho, a paved alley adjacent to the temple.
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Humanoid
street lamps in Amerika-Mura.
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Views over
Hanshin Expressway near Namba station.
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Nara:
In
Isui-en (gardens).
Nandai-mon.
Inside Todai-ji:
- Great Buddha (Daibutsu),
15m high and made of 437 tons of bronze and 130kg of gold.
Left: Kokuzo Bosatsu, the bodhisattva of wisdom and memory. Right: Tamonten, Guardian of the North, Lord Who Hears All.
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Adobe walls and tiled roofs.
