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Dragons and Ladles
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Cleanse Your Hands

Cleanse Your Hands

Beware of dragons at shrines. Continue Reading →

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Secret Places
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Mysterious Stairs. Where do they lead...?

Mysterious Stairs. Where do they lead...?

A tough one to classify. Should I file it under Buddhism or Shinto? Because it’s… both.

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Torii iPhoneography
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Looking Out From Shrine

Looking Out From Shrine

From one torii to another.

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Rolling Rolling Rolling
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Dancing Torii!

Dancing Torii!

I posted a Rolling Shutter series on G+ a little bit ago. You can fin fit here. I thought I’d repost some of my favorites to this blog. Keep reading to see them.

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iPhoneography at it's finest
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Torii Entrance

Torii Entrance

I love torii gates.

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Your moment of zen
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Profile of The Buddha

Profile of The Buddha

He seems pretty happy and content, don’t you think? I love that slight smile. Even if it’s just a statue, you can get a feeling of peace watching it.

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Today's Daily Photo
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Just Another Monk

Just Another Monk

A monk or a Bodhisattva? Not sure. I didn’t stop to see if there was any description to this statue. Either way, another great example of the interesting mix of things you see when walking down a Japanese street. This was in Nagoya, in the middle of a busy street.

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Buddha's Angels

I can hear the opening in my head now: But I took them away from all that and now they work for me. Ah? My name is Siddhartha1. Ok, maybe not, but really, it couldn’t be any worse than the show. And I think one of those Angels up there looks just a little like Farrah.

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The religious world of japan
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Buddhist Mixing Bowl

Buddhist Mixing Bowl

This is from the main altar at [Mikawa Betsuin][], a really nice Buddhist temple I toured not too long ago. I previously shared some other photos of it [here][1], [here][2], and [here][3]. I don’t know what the mixing bowl is for… Maybe for incense. If any of you know, please share in the comments.

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