Places in Japan

Kinkakuji (金閣寺, Golden Pavilion)

The Golden Pavilion ( Kinkakuji : Kin for Gold and kuji for Pavilion ) is the most famous building of Japan, it's is a Zen temple located in the north of Kyoto. It's a three-floor building whose top two floors are completely covered in gold leaf. The temple was villa of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu after his retire, and...
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Tokyo Christmas 2012

Shibuya 109 ( ichi-maru-kyū)  is doing a Christmas promotion with J-Pop star Kana Nishino this year. Center Gai (Sentā-gai) is a narrow street in Shibuya. Center Gai is well known for its clothing stores, music stores, and video game arcades. Cafe Comme Ca  in Shibuya The WC Shibuya shop  WC...
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Toujiin Temple

Magnificent view from the toujiin Temple in Kyoto.  Toujiin is a buddhist temple and it's one of the two funeral temple dedicated to the the first Shogun (literally: "a commander of a force" )  of the Ashikaga clan 『Ashikaga Takauji』. ...
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Mt.Fuji & Rice field

Mt.Fuji & Rice field This is a traditional Japanese landscape. ...
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Daigo-ji Temple in Autumn - Kyoto, Japan

Daigo-ji (醍醐寺 Daigo-ji) is a Shingon Buddhist (one of the mainstream major schools of Japanese Buddhism) temple in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Its main devotion is Yakushi (is the buddha of healing and medicine)....
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