My Picture Collections

My pictures with my annotations.

Entries from 2017-08-01 to 1 month

Kumano Shrine-Itabashi Ward, Tokyo

Kumano Shrine faces the main street "Yamate-douri". Each face of Guardian dog is makeuped and is interesting to watch.

Japanese Umbrella-Pine of Kansenji Temple- Shinshiro City, Aichi Prefecure

Japanese Umbrella-pine (Sciadopitys verticillata) at Kansenji Temple is at least more than 400-600 years old, and has the biggest size in this country. Kansenji Temple also has a grave of Torii Suneemon (1540-1575) who took a brave action …

Camphor Tree 900 years old - Toyokawa City, Aichi Prefecture

This camphor tree was struck by lightning around 500 years ago. At that time, a center part of trunk was burned and now this camphor has the cavity at the place. Therefore, this tree has such a unique form, and is interesting to watch. Mor…

Kunozan Toshogu Shrine - Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture

Ieyasu Tokugawa was a founder of Tokugawa shogunate which was existed 1600-1868. After Ieyasu died, Toshogu Shrine was built in order to bury his body. The construction time of the shrine was only 1.7 year after his dead. Since the shrine …

Houraisan Toshogu Shrine - Shinshiro City, Aichi Prefecture

Iemitsu Tokugawa is 3rd general. His grandfather is Ieyasu of the founder of Tokugawa Shogunate. Iemitsu built the shrine in this mountain because Iemitsu examined the literatures regarding his family, and found that this area was memorabl…