Monday, June 7, 2010

My Next Door Neighbor

My next door neighbor is .......a Temple!!
YES!! A Temple! It`s called  Niioson, named for the two temple guards housed in the two gate houses in front of the temple.
Japan is an interesting mire of Buddist temples and Shinto shrines with a few Christian churches interspersed.
The basic way to tell the temples and shrines apart is..... the shrines have to red "torii" at the entrance and the shrines have two large temple gates usually housing the temple guard statues.
Today`s pictures are of the temple next door to "Our House".







 





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