Japan Adventures

Incense pit : People stand around the incense and "wash" themselves in the smoke. If you have a physical pain, you're supposed to wave the smoke over that part of your body.


Me standing in front of the shrine.


Asakusa Kannon, the Sensoji Temple, the oldest Buddhist Temple in Tokyo. The main hall, five-storied pagoda and Hozomon gate were destroyed in an air raid in 1945, but have been reconstructed.