This buddah is supposed to bring wisdom to worshipers. There was a second one right next to it that is supposed to bring mercy. This was taken near the outdoor market in Asakusa (the older section of Tokyo).
This picture was taken outside a shrine in Asakusa (Tokyo). People use the fountain to cleanse themselves. You pour water from the ladle over one hand, then the other, then take a sip, rinse your mouth and spit it out before you enter the shrine.
This is my capsule in the capsule hotel in Tokyo. It was much bigger than I’d anticipated (though still tiny) and surprisingly comfortable. At the hotel we met a kid from LA named Michael who came to Japan to be a boxer and now works at the hotel. Random.
This is the rock garden at the Kongobuji Temple in Koya-san on Mount Koya. This is a small glimpse of the largest rock garden in all of Japan. Apparently if you view the garden from above, you see that the design is two dragons emerging from the clouds to protect the Okuden. “The dragons are made from 140 pieces of granite brought from Shikoku and the white sand is from Kyoto”
This is Caitlin standing in front the burnt out A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima. It’s the only structure that survived that close to the hypocenter and it was left standing as a memorial. I sobbed my way through the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
This is Helen walking in the bamboo forest in Kyoto on our last day in Japan. The forest was gorgeous and absolutely huge. I wish we had more time in Kyoto.
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