temple
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Asakusa-kannon 浅草観音  Sensô-ji 浅草寺
Tôkyô City


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 pagoda + Nakamise street + main hall at dawn

The Sensô-ji located in the heart of Asakusa district, is the oldest temple in all of the metropolitan Tôkyô area. According to some accounts the origin of the temple can be traced back to the year 628 when two local fishermen from a nearby district enshrined a small statue of kannon, the goddess of mercy, caught in their fishing net. The Nakamise shopping street, lined with shops that have been in business from ancient times, leads from the "gate of thunder" - kaminari-mon / see also fûjin - with its huge red paper lantern to  the main hall hondô.


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Vogelperspektive + Nakamise-Ladenstraße
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Vogelperspektive + Nakamise-Ladenstraße
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outer entrance gate kaminari-mon
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entrance gate kaminari-mon / guardian = nio
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kaminari-mon / guardian - Asakusa / Tôkyô  (2)
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entrance gate kaminari-mon  (3)
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Chinese lampion in gate kaminari-mon "god of thunder gate"
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kaminari-mon - lampion  (5)
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temple guardian
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temple guardian  (2)
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kaminari-mon - lampion's weight = 100 kg  (6)
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kaminari-mon - lampion's length 3,3 m   (7)
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kaminari-mon  (8)
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pagoda + main hall
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kaminari-mon  (9)
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kaminari-mon - lampion  (10)
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kaminari-mon - lampion  (11)
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kaminari-mon - lampion  (12)
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inner entrance gate hôzô-mon ("treasure gate") + pagoda
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pagoda + lampions
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pagoda + lampions - Asakusa / Tôkyô  (2)
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pagoda + entrance gate Hôzô-mon
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illuminated pagoda
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inner entrance gate Hôzô-mon
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pagoda + Hôzô-mon
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Hôzô-mon  (2)
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Hôzô-mon - lantern
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lampions + young man in wheelchair
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lampions
Tempel / Architektur

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jizô / nadebodoke = "pet Buddha"
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jizô-Figur - neighbor temple Daigyô-in  (2)
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jizô - Daigyô-in  (3)
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 kaminari-mon = "gate of the god of thunder"
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year end market = hagoita-ichi
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incense burner = kôro
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incense burner  (2)
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incense burner  (3)
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incense burner  (4)
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incense burner  (5)
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main hall - honden
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main hall
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main hall = hondô
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visitors - view from main hall
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Nakamise
historical shopping street
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Nakamise shopping street - pupils
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Nakamise - lampions
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Nakamise - rice crackers + sweets
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Nakamise at night
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Nakamise - selling goods from older times
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Nakamise - visitors and residentals
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Nakamise + gate Hôzô-mon
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Nakamise - souvenir / fans
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Nakamise - souvenirs  (2)
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Nakamise - souvenirs  (3)
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Nakamise - souvenirs  (4)
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Nakamise - souvenirs  (5)
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Asakusa-jinja shrine
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shrine in temple: Asakusa-jinja - shrine gate torii
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Asakusa-jinja - votiv picture = ema
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Asakusa-jinja - praying hall
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Asakusa-jinja - praying hall  (2)
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