Photos taken in 2010
Students of different ages are visiting the grounds of Kitano Tenmangū Shrine (北野天満宮) in Kyoto, Japan. Kitano Tenmangu is one of Japan’s most important Tenmangu shrines (along with Dazaifu Tenmangu in Fukuoka Prefecture), meaning that it is frequented by students who come here to pray for success in exams.
Walking the dog on a cold winter day at Alte Brücke (Old Bridge) in Heidelberg, Germany.
Visitors are praying at Aramatsuri-no-miya, an affiliated shrine inside Ise Jingu in Mie Prefecture, Japan.
A scene from Shichi-Go-San (七五三) at Saidaiji Kannon-in Temple in the eastern part of Okayama, Japan.
A winter view of half-timbered houses along Marktplatz (Market Square) in Calw, Germany.
A peacock displaying its plumage in the gardens around Eggenberg Palace in Graz, Austria.
Bundles of straw on a rice field after harvest, as seen in the countryside east of Okayama, Japan.
Memories of a visit to Senkoji Temple in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, on a relentlessly hot summer day.
Stone Buddhas at the Moss Garden of Sanzen-in Temple (三千院) at Ohara, north of Kyoto, Japan.
An autumn impression from the Inner Shrine (Naikū; 内宮) at the Ise Grand Shrine (Ise Jingū; 伊勢神宮) in Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Stone Lanterns (tōrō) at Yugasan Rendaiji Temple (由加山蓮台寺) in Kurashiki, Japan.
An autumn impression from Enryakuji Temple (延暦寺), located to the northeast of Kyoto on Mount Hiei in Ōtsu, Japan.
