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Travel - Japan

Travel photos from Japan including areas around Tokyo and Kobe.
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Incense sticks burning within an ash-filled urn in a Japanese Shinto shrine. The air is blue with smoke.
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Incense sticks burning within an ash-filled urn in a Japanese Shinto shrine. The air is blue with smoke.

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  • A happy Japanese businessman smiling at the end of the workday.
  • Two Japanese carp (kawarimono) or koi are out of water and looking for food over a concrete barrier in a lake in Tokyo's Ueno Park.
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  • Four metallic ladles full of water are waiting to be used to purify worshippers' hands near a Shinto shrine in Tokyo.
  • A water ladle at the purification pavilion (a chozuya or temizuya) that is used to clean one's hands as a ritual cleansing (misogi) before entering a Shinto shrine in Japan.
  • Incense sticks burning within an ash-filled urn in a Japanese Shinto shrine. The air is blue with smoke.
  • Stone foxes (kitsune), dressed with red capes, act as guardians to Japanese Shinto shrines. The foxes also act as messengers to Inari, the goddess of agriculture.
  • A group of priests are lined up into five rows of five people each, receding into the shadow of the inner sanctuary of the temple. This was viewed at a traditional Shinto temple in Japan.
  • A traditional Shinto temple in Japan viewed from across a courtyard. Inside, a group of priests are lined up in the sanctuary for a morning ritual.
  • A red flower left on top of a wood post. This marked the edge of a path in a Tokyo park and appears to have been left on this and several nearby posts for decoration.
  • A view of Tokyo at dawn from the 28th floor of a hotel. The buildings stretch into the distance; the haze is created by smog or pollution.
  • A tall skyscraper in Tokyo with a clock and many telecommunications antenna and dishes along the outside.
  • A large lantern located at the entrance to one of the temples in the Asakusa district of Tokyo.
  • The Kobe Tower is a landmark in the city of Kobe. Rising above a series of geometric shapes, the tower stands out against the sky.
  • A row of eight pigeons are sitting on an electrical wire that bisects the sky into two sections.
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