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01.Asahi.Beer.Tower * 1881 x 2142 * (725KB)
02.Street.aquarium * Nice to find it on the main streets. * 1872 x 2853 * (1.29MB)
03.Kaminari.mon * 2822 x 1868 * (1.13MB)
04.Kaminari.mon * This is Kaminari-mon, the gate to Nakamise dori, a street which is the core of a market where you can buy any kind of traditional souvenir: kimono, lanterns, folding fans, dolls and so on. On the other end of Nakamise dori, there's the Senso-ji temple. * 2657 x 1865 * (1.34MB)
05.Jinriksha.posing.V-day * Here you can easily find the Jinriksha, which are the guys posing (I don't know the english translation for this kind of transport :-P) * 2916 x 1944 * (1.79MB)
  01.Asahi.Beer.Tower  
  02.Street.aquarium  
  03.Kaminari.mon  
  04.Kaminari.mon  
  05.Jinriksha.posing.V-day  
06.Jinriksha.leaving * 1759 x 1238 * (679KB)
07.Nakamise.dori * Here is Nakamise dori. * 2916 x 1944 * (1.62MB)
08.No't.photograph * I di'd. * 1907 x 2705 * (1.27MB)
09 * 2210 x 1733 * (862KB)
10.Nakamise.dori.Hozomon * This is Hozomon, the main entrance to the Senso-ji temple, on the other end of Nakamise dori. * 2916 x 1944 * (1.81MB)
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  07.Nakamise.dori  
  08.No't.photograph  
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  10.Nakamise.dori.Hozomon  
11.Senso-ji * Senso-ji main building. This is the oldest buddhist temple in Tokyo, and possibly the most important. The legend says that in the year 628 a.D., two brothers fished a gold painted statue of Kannon, the goddess of mercy, out of the Sumida River, and even though they put the statue back into the river, it always returned to them. Consequently, Senso-ji was built there for the goddess of Kannon. The temple was completed in 645, making it Tokyo's oldest temple. The Kannon statue is currently kept inside the temple, but it's not visible to the public. * 2916 x 1944 * (1.44MB)
12.Senso-ji.Pagoda * 1944 x 2637 * (1.09MB)
13.Purifying.smoke * People puts the incense burning into this container, purifying their bodies and souls with its smoke. * 1944 x 2730 * (760KB)
14.Okiyome.fountain * 1944 x 2916 * (1.69MB)
15.Okiyome * Another purifying ritual is part of a practice called Okiyome. People drinks the water, or simply let someone pour it on their hands, to purify their mouth/hands befort they pray. * 1944 x 2916 * (1.74MB)
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  12.Senso-ji.Pagoda  
  13.Purifying.smoke  
  14.Okiyome.fountain  
  15.Okiyome  
16.Okiyome * 1303 x 958 * (276KB)
18.Bell * 3462 x 2392 * (1.78MB)
19.Main.Altar * 3536 x 2328 * (2.19MB)
20.From.Senso-ji.main.building * 2732 x 1922 * (1.19MB)
21.Senso-ji.Hozomon * 2863 x 1909 * (1.07MB)
  16.Okiyome  
  18.Bell  
  19.Main.Altar  
  20.From.Senso-ji.main.building  
  21.Senso-ji.Hozomon  
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