Inari Dai-Myo-Jin

Inari Shrine

Togakushi Forest Botanical Garden

Nagano

5 July 2008

Togakushi - Trees

Togakushi Forest Botanical Garden

Togakushi Chûsha / Mid Shrine

Togakushi, Nagano

5 July 2008

Yasukuni (2)

Its name translates as “peaceful country,” millions have silently prayed there for an end to wars, and for much of the year the loudest sound is the buzzing of insects and the shuffle of old footsteps to the hushed main hall. Yet Yasukuni Shrine, which occupies a single square kilometer of central Tokyo, is one of the most controversial pieces of real estate in Asia, resented by millions who consider it a monument to war, empire, and Japan’s unrepentant and undigested militarism.

from D. McNeill and J. Junkerman, "Freedom Next Time. Japanese Neonationalists Seek to Silence Yasukuni Film". Japan Focus, 6 April 2008.

Yasukuni Shrine

Tokyo

24 April 2008

early spring at Togakushi

Togakushi, Nagano

19 Abril 2008