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I believe this is the start of another wooden corridor called Garyuro, called like this because it runs along the mountain slope and it resembles the shape of a sleeping dragon (garyu).
09.Shaka-do * 2916 x 1944 * (2.73MB)

10.Karamon * This is Karamon, the gate used by messengers of the emperor when they go in and out. The upper part is decorated with openwork carving in floral pattern. Also notice the geometric decoration on the sand. * 2916 x 1944 * (1.46MB)

11 * This is one of the Shaka-do rooms. I was not allowed to take a photo * 2837 x 1800 * (968KB)
 
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13 * This statue/altar was inside a small wooden chapel, closed and not visible to the public. The photo is taken through a hole in the grid-like door. * 1679 x 1924 * (942KB)

14.Rain * 1944 x 2916 * (2.05MB)

15.Amida-do * Amida-do is where the statue of Amida looking back is enshrined, moved here from Osaka in 1607. The Looking-back Amida may be prayed from either sides. On the ceilings, hundreds of flowers are depicted. The Amida-do was built 400 years ago. In september 2006 a restoration work started, and apparently it finished on October 24, 2007 - few days before I was there... lucky me this time. * 2916 x 1944 * (2.63MB)
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