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Saturday, September 26, 2009
Tsukubai at Mitaki Dera
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Mitaki Dera Tsukubai, literally "stooping basin" are small stone basins associated often with Tea Ceremony. They differ from th...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Scary protectors
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It took me a long time to find out about this statue as I can find nothing similar anywhere else. It is located in Mitaki Dera, my favorite ...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Red hats.
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Red hats on statues are fairly common throughout Japan, and often accompanied by red bibs. It is said that the red caps on Jizo statues repr...
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