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nobu11051991 · 1 year

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Cherry blossoms, Bonsai, Ueno park, Odaiba, Asakusa Sensoji temple, Tokyo Skytree in 1 day!!

Cherry blossoms, Bonsai, Ueno park, Odaiba, Asakusa Sensoji temple, Tokyo Skytree in 1 day!! Hi I’m Nobu, I like traveling overseas and in Japan, visited 25 countries! I’m a National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter of English for 8 years. For the people who are interested in and planning trip to Japan ,I show you hidden local information which you have never seen and heard of through…

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#Cherry Blossom #Kaneiji temple #Sensoji temple #shinobazu pond #Tokyo Skytree #Tokyo travel tips #ueno park

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crazyfox-archives · 1 year

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The sacred grounds of Kan’eiji Temple (寛永寺) in present-day Tokyo as seen in “The Illustrated Legends of Jigen Daishi” (慈眼大師縁起絵巻 “Jigen Daishi Engi Emaki”) of 1680, a handscroll narrating the biography of the Tendai monk Tenkai (天海) (1536-1643) by his disciple Inkai (胤海) and the artist Sumiyoshi Gukei (住吉具慶)

From the temple’s collection; image from the webpage for a special exhibition at the Tokyo National Museum in late 2021

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thestalwartheart · 7 months

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sing to the devil (i've got a vice or two)

Preparing for a mission in Crete, Q turns to a tried and tested method of stress relief. Fill for the Kinktober prompt, "Deep kissing," though it isn't especially explicit or kinky.

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Through a set of billowing, white gauze curtains, Bond spots Q on the balcony of their hotel suite.

They’re in Crete for a mission, but Q is making a good show of being a holidaymaker in his linen shirt and tan suede loafers. In fact, he’s easily as comfortable in the field as Bond, at least for now. So far, there’s been little to do except reconnaissance, but knowing what he does of the field, Bond expects they’ll see violence as a matter of course. Tonight, however, is a clear, calm night. It’s the sort that warms Bond’s heart to Europe and to the job that has sent him here despite all that’s happened on the continent since he became an agent.

The only sign of Q’s habitual stress is the cigarette he’s holding between his fingers as he fiddles with his burner phone. His eyes haven’t yet turned towards the pinkening sky, though there’s a beautiful sunset on the horizon.

He hardly looks up as Bond steps outside to join him.

“Bond, you’ll meet with our DGSE contact in the morning. Eleven sharp at the archaeological museum in Heraklion.”

“Must it always be a cultural site?”

“What?”

“As I recall, we met in front of a Turner painting.”

Q smiles. “Yes. How could I forget?”

“Then it was the garden at the Musée Rodin, then the Kaneiji temple—”

“Oh, I was rather pleased with that drop site.”

“—and now you’re packing me off to look at statues.”

Q flicks the ash from his cigarette into a cheap ashtray. It looks like one he’s pilfered from a local bar.

“Museums and art galleries make for good cover in tourist spots, as you well know, but don’t worry 007,” he says blithely, his gaze finally looking toward the water of Mirabello Bay. “I’m sure there’ll be more than a few good busts for you to admire.“

Bond laughs. On the other side of it, he finds the ice broken. Q puts away his phone, signalling the end of professional business for now. Maybe it’s the smoking that’s done it, but all at once, he seems a lot more loose-limbed and relaxed.

Few would believe the Quartermaster capable of enjoying himself without a keyboard or a soldering iron in hand, but Bond knows better, even if he’s only ever seen Q this relaxed at home with a cup of tea in one hand and a cat in another. Crete is a welcome change, and Bond can see the evidence of Q’s enjoyment quite clearly. He closes his eyes against the salty air and sighs, breathing it in to clear his nose of smoke. Then, he dithers over helping himself to a second cigarette.

He eventually lights another with a charming, slightly guilty air about him. He’s on holiday after all, he says. May as well indulge in a rare vice.

“I wouldn’t have pegged you as a smoker,” remarks Bond.

“Oh? And why is that?”

“Doesn’t your generation know better?”

Q blows out a slow stream of smoke and smiles. An age joke always guarantees Q’s smile.

“University exams breed terrible habits in all of us. I’ve tried to quit, though I don’t smoke often, but I haven’t found anything that’s quite so good for stress relief.”

“Most people use a gym.”

“Oh, I hate treadmills,” says Q, crinkling his nose.

“Sex, then.”

That draws a laugh rather than a glare—thank Christ for that—and Q considers the cigarette in his hand. “Rather a lot of effort when I could just walk down to the corner shop for a pack of these.”

Bond concedes that point with an amused huff, then picks up Q’s cigarettes, which are sitting on the wide stone balcony wall. They’re Dunhill blues—expensive and appropriately English—and they fit neatly with his understanding of Q, who Bond knows to be a man of good taste even if that taste lives in stark contrast to Bond’s own. Q has always favoured quality over quantity, though something tells Bond he’d be just as uncompromising in his standards even if it were about the quantity.

It’s one of the things Bond respects most about him.

“Mind if I…?”

“Oh, go on then. I’ll add it to your tab.”

Bond extracts a cigarette and slips it between his lips, and before he can ask, Q is there with a lighter. It’s a cheap plastic thing, which surprises him. He’d have thought Q would carry around a proper one, something engraved and very possibly explosive.

“Left my good one at home,” murmurs Q, reading Bond’s mind as the flame flickers and sputters out. “This one’s rubbish.”

He shakes the lighter, taps it against the railing, and tries again. Again, it fails to light.

“Not to worry,” says Bond. He leans in and touches the end of his cigarette to Q’s.

Slowly, slowly, it crackles to life as Bond is looking at Q’s mouth. His lips are pursed, dark red and slick. Were it anyone else, Bond wouldn’t have bothered with a cigarette. He’d have stolen the one between Q’s lips, taken a long drag, thrown it over the balcony railing, and let Q inhale his fill with Bond’s mouth pressed close against his own.

But this is Q, and contrary to belief, Bond does have sense enough to keep in his trousers when it matters. Still, because he really is a bad man, he can’t help imagining those lips around his cock.

By the twinkle in his eye and the saucy tilt to his mouth, Q knows it, too.

“Something to say, 007?”

“Nothing at all, Q.”

Beyond the heady tobacco scent, Bond can smell a lingering hint of Q’s cologne — something light and citrusy — and the musk of a long day. It is unexpectedly erotic, as is the stubble darkening Q’s jaw.

It would surprise more than a few people to know Bond’s always found Q attractive. Those people, of course, have woeful imaginations. In the light of the sun setting over Greece, Bond can’t imagine anyone he wants to ravish more than the pale, newly louche man beside him.

Q, of course, is oblivious to Bond’s want. He’s turned to admire the view, and Bond tries to give it the attention it deserves, but he finds it wanting. Bond’s seen a thousand sunsets, but he’s never seen Q’s pale skin turn gold beneath them. He’s never even seen Q with the top button of his shirt undone. Now, three are lying open, revealing a tantalising hint of Q’s collarbone and a fine dusting of dark hair peeking out from his shirt.

It’s distracting in the extreme.

“Care for a drink, Q?”

Decisively, Q stubs out his cigarette and pockets the rest of the pack. “No.”

“No?”

“I have a limit of two vices a day.”

“Oh,” Bond huffs. “Do tell, then. What’s the second?”

Q turns to him. He has a bold, teasing challenge in his eye when he steps in close again, so close that Bond can see his eyelashes fanning against his skin, hiding and revealing his dilated pupils. Bond can feel Q’s breath, too, quick and hot against his cheek. Unable to help himself, Bond reaches out a hand to the side of Q’s neck, which is sun-warmed and tacky with sweat from a day of work outside. Underneath his thumb, Q’s pulse flutters erratically.

“I think I’m in the mood for a different sort of stress relief,” Q tells him, his voice low and full of smoke.

And after that delightful bit of flirtation, Bond finds himself being drawn into a kiss.

He grabs Q’s waist and pulls him in as the kiss turns deep, wet and furious. Q wriggles under Bond’s hands, hot and aroused, and his own fingers are everywhere: cupped over Bond’s cheek, dancing down Bond’s spine, tracing up his chest, around his neck and pulling at his hair. It’s not long before he’s pinning Q against the balcony wall, licking into his mouth to taste tobacco and a dizzying hint of the Tsikoudia they’d toasted the mission with not an hour ago. In his chest, a feeling presses at his ribcage, one he hasn’t felt in years. As atrocious an idea as it probably is, he wants to chase it until it overcomes him.

It seems like an age before he can hear the soft roar of the sea again, but when he pulls back, he doesn’t care a whit to look at it. The sight immediately in front of him is much more enticing: Q, swollen-lipped and pink-cheeked, dewy with warm pleasure.

Bond kisses him again and smiles.

“I do so love to be considered a vice, darling.”

“Oh, shut up,” Q breathes, and that is the last coherent word between them until much, much later when Q returns them both again to his first vice:

A well-earned post-coital cigarette.

#00q #00q fic #my fic #james bond #this fic involved homoerotic smoking so read at will lol

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yaycheese · 6 months

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Hochigaki! Kyoto - Full Fushimi Inari loop - Byōdō-in - Westside 33 (metal hammered pots) - Ichihara Heibei Shōten (chopsticks) - Naito Shoten (brooms) - Honke Owariya (kyotos oldest resto, soba) - Dustpan! - Sun umbrella Tokyo - Meiji Jingū (iris garden) - Jindaiji Temple (mame daishi statue and 2 seals) - Ryusenji Temple (seal with 2 types combined) - Mixology Salon Ginza - Grape sandos - Bongen Coffee Ginza - COFFEE 葵 - 裏の山の木の子 (mushroom bouquet hot pot) - Tokyu Kabuchiko Tower Tokyo / Shimokitazawa - Trefac style - Ogawa Coffee Laboratory - Sarutahiko Coffee Yoru no Bu - Andon - Café Trois Chambres - Flamingo Shimokitazawa - Jet Set - Gallery Hana Tokyo / Ebisu - Ebisu: https://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1303/A130302/ - Sowado - Tachinomiya (standing bars) - Ebisu Yokocho (alley with small restaurants, bars) - Afuri (ramen) *** Mame daishi seals http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/ofuda-gansandaishi.html http://seikouminzoku.sakura.ne.jp/sub7-21.html Mame Daishi // Osaka http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/shitennoji.html http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/shitennoji-rokujiraisando.html Mame Daishi // Kyoto - We have, but there may be other seals: http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/shinnyodo-amida.html - Unavailable last visit: http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/sonshoin.html - We have: http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/rozanji.html - Otsu: http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/guhoji.html - Otsu: http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/sanzenin.html Mame Daishi // Tokyo http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/meguro-fudo.html http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/kaneiji-kaizando.html (+40min) http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/jindaiji.html (+60min) http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/kitain.html

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theinternetisaweboflies · 4 years

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Mushizuka-hi is a monument to insects who have given their lives for science.

#Mushizuka-hi #science #tokyo #kaneiji temple #japan #bugs #the science side of tumblr #travel photography #travel #japanese

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ghostsandgod · 3 years

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Main Halland Kara-mon Gate of Ueno Toshogu Shrine : 上野東照宮唐門と拝殿（上野公園） by Toshihiro Gamo Via Flickr: Ueno Toshogu is a shrine built in 1627 in honor of Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616), the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. This shrine is located in Ueno Park. This picture was taken at Ueno Toshogu Shrine in Ueno Park, Taito Ward, Tokyo, Japan.

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hi-technique · 6 years

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Kanei-ji's Kuromon- back by Rekishi no Tabi on Flickr

#tokyo #kaneiji #shogitai #bakumatsu #bakumatsuperiod #japan #monochrome #entsuji #buddhist #temple

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thewoodbetween · 6 years

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Ray Morimura "Kaneiji Chokushimon" (the special gate of Kaneiji-temple in Ueno) 2016 Japanese woodblock print

#ray morimura #japanese woodblock

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dijeh · 6 years

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Remember those mythology articles released back when SMT 4 FINAL wasn’t already old news? I figured two years is perhaps a tad too long even for my levels of procrastination, so I decided to get them done once and for all. This is also a pretty interesting article, so let’s hope it’s a good sign...Anyway!

FIFTEENTH TOPIC: TENKAI AND THE EDO MANDALA

If you were wondering what’s up with all the spooky stuff going on in Tokyo or are into conspiracy theories about Akechi Mitsuhide, then this is the perfect article for you. If not...well, it’s still an interesting insight into some Buddhist protection rituals and a conspiracy theory about Akechi Mitsuhide.

Previous topic: Adramelech and pagan demons. More translations here. (ko-fi)

How real historical people became part of legend

stories that were turned into legend have been passed down since immemorial times, whether people had the knowledge of writing or not;

there were a lot of legends that were written down once writing was mastered (Japan: Kojiki, Nihon shoki);

Kojiki was completed in about 712 AD, corresponding to the Nara period (ancient capital Nara);

Japan calls the period until these times 上代 (joudai, ancient times), more of a literary term: until then gods were considered to have been real and dwelt on earth;*

the terms 神代 (jindai, age of the gods) or 神世 (kamiyo) basically denote the period before the 天孫降臨 (tensonkourin, descent on earth of Amaterasu's grandson, Ninigi no mikoto);**

the further we descend into ancient history, the rarer the records are, and we end up with vague stories resembling legends more than anything;

Shoutoku Taishi, for example, who lived during the Asuka period, earlier than the Nara period, was more of a real person than gods like Amaterasu or Susanoo and had his portrait on the 10000 yen bill, but tales about him also had mythical elements, and nowadays Shoutoku Taishi tends to be considered more of a fictional character;

it is believed that mythical people like the onmyouji lived during the Heian period, following the Nara period, and they can be found in fiction like taiga drama even nowadays (Taira no Kiyomori);

we have Abe no Seimei as a famous onmyouji, but claiming even Taira no Kiyomori was one is an exaggeration; there aren't any reasons to deny his very existence though;

his parents, date of birth and life have been recorded, but legend exaggerated his abilities ('He was actually a child of gods, so he had supernatural powers’)***;

there were also historical figures of the Middle Ages who became legendary characters;

their popularity among people thanks to tales and plays was translated into additional mythical episodes;

historical records aren't perfect either and there are many cases of unknown birth dates, places or parent names, so they were supplemented by guesses, speculation and broad interpretations, giving birth to these so-called mysterious superheroes;

The mysterious Buddhist priest Tenkai

lived at the end of the Sengoku period - beginning of the Edo period;

was a Tendai priest and worked for Tokugawa Ieyasu;

known as the one who did the town planning for Edo, adopting the feng shui technique;

it is said that he constructed a spiritual barrier, placing Kaneiji in Ueno (north-east) and moving Zoujouji to its current location (south-west), as seen from from the Edo Castle;****

Tenkai's birth is one of the mysteries surrounding him;

it is said he left home when he was only 13 or 14, but nothing had been recorded before that;

he was chief priest in a temple now known as Kita-in from the city of Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, but back then it is seems he was already a confidant of Tokugawa Ieyasu and had also participated in the planning of the battle of Sekigahara;

it is believed that Ieyasu's decision to install the shogunate was also done at the suggestion of Tenkai;

the native Tendai Mikkyou rituals for the protection of the country were implemented on all sides of the Edo Castle, but the four directions of Edo were protected by the four Chinese gods (Genbu in the north, Seiryuu in the east, Suzaku in the south and Byakko in the west), while the conception of the guardian Goshiki Fudou (five-coloured Fudou) was based on the ancient Chinese wu xing, showing that, like Nara's capital Heijoukyou and Kyoto's Heiankyou, Edo had also adopted the Chinese city planning;

evil entering through the kimon (north-east) and urakimon (south-west) was also adopted from China, same as feng shui;

most of these spiritual defenses were built during the time of the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu, when Ieyasu had already died;

Tenkai's birth year had been unknown from the very beginning, but it is assumed he lived much longer than the usual lifespan of his times, surpassing 100 years of age at the time of his death in 1643;

the spiritual defenses surrounding the Edo Castle are also called the Edo magic square, but it is actually the Shijokobuccho mandala, a circular mandala, transmitted by Ennin, the disciple of the founder of the Tendai sect, the monk Saichou;

this mandala used during prayers and austerities for country defence and disaster prevention is formed of many Buddha arranged in several concentric circles and can also be found in Rinnouji, the Nikkou temple where Tenkai was chief priest;

we can therefore presume that the spiral-shaped moat of the Edo Castle resembles this mandala;

The Akechi Mitsuhide Theory

Tenkai’s unknown origin, as well as other details of his life, also led to the theory that he was Akechi Mitsuhide (明智光秀), the general who betrayed Oda Nobunaga at Honnouji;

after Tokugawa Ieyasu’s death, he received his posthumous name, Toushou Daigongen, and was enshrined at Nikkou Toushouguu; the scenery that can be viewed from the temple was named Akechidaira (明智平) by Tenkai;

the wet nurse of the third shogun,Tokugawa Iemitsu, was Lady Kasuga, the daughter of Saitou Toshimitsu, a chief vassal of Akechi Mitsuhide; for Iemitsu’s mother, Oda Nobunaga’s niece Okou, she was basically the equivalent of a bitter enemy, and it is presumed her rise in ranks took place thanks to Tenkai;

Tenkai received the posthumous name of Jigen Daishi (慈眼大師); there is a Kyoto temple named Jigenji containing Mitsuhide’s mortuary tablet and wooden statue;

even though Mitsuhide is known to posterity as a traitor, there are opposing views, not only due to his devotion to his wife, serious and kind personality, but also because the reason of his betrayal has remained a mystery for centuries;

it has been however speculated, due to the discovery of some letters, that his friendship with Chosokabe Motochika caused him to prevent Nobunaga’s attack on the Shikoku island, Chosokabe’s domain.

*上代 (joudai) is basically the period when gods used to rule the earth, until Emperor Kanmu's reign; 上 (ue, up) can be read as both kami and jou, while 代 (yo, world, age) can be read as shiro or yo -> the homonym 神代 (kamishiro, age of gods) with 神 (kami) meaning god. 上代 can also be read as kamiyo and has the homonym 神世 (kamiyo), with 世 (yo) meaning world or age.

**wiki tells us this is used in Japanese mythology in particular, the period ending in about 660 BCE.

***the original wording is kami no otoshidane, which basically means 'a god's bastard child' (well, actually it means ‘god’s fallen seed’, but, you know...); why this? one theory has it that Kiyomori was actually Emperor Shirakawa's son and since all emperors were Amaterasu's descendants, that would have made him one too.

****the terms for north-east and south-west are 鬼門 (kimon) and 裏鬼門 (urakimon), which mean 'demon gate' and 'rear demon gate' and are used to denote unlucky directions; more details here; have a silly map too.

#shin megami tensei iv final #shin megami tensei iv apocalypse #akechi mitsuhide #tenkai #Megaten #translation #my stuff

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shinsengumi-archives · 2 years

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Bakumatsu Era Edo

From Illustrated Shinsengumi

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At the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, Oedo, a large city with more than 1.5 million people, spread over a town with a radius of 6 km or more. The eastern half is a low underground town from the sea to both banks of the Sumida River, and most of the townspeople lived here. The area from Sujikaimon to Kyobashi Shinbashi via Nihonbashi was the center of the townspeople, and especially around Nihonbashi, there were large shops and Kinza. Nihonbashi, which was surrounded by the banks of the Uogawa River, was the starting point of the Five Routes, and Ginza on the Tokaido Line was a modern city in Tokyo, partly because a Shinbashi stop was opened nearby in the Meiji era and a foreign settlement was established in Tsukiji. Transforms into the central shopping district of Tokyo. Asakusa on the outskirts of the town is the largest gate town in Edo, and even in the Meiji era it was a subcenter of Tokyo. The Sumida River was the port of Edo, and the townspeople and samurai land spread to the Honjo Fukagawa. In addition, Kiba, a huge timber market, was prosperous using the waterway network.

The western half is Yamate on the Musashino Plateau, and in the eastern green there is Edo Castle on Momijiyama and Kaneiji Temple on Uenoyama, which you can see well from the downtown area. People traveling on the Tokaido walked while looking at the castle, Mt. Atago, and Gotenyama, a temple town in Takanawa, Zojoji. Odaiba is also appearing off the coast of Shinagawa at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. Samurai land mainly spread on the Yamate plateau, but it is also interesting that there are many place names with valleys, rice fields, rivers, and swamps due to the complicated terrain. The Inokashira River, which flows through the valley, is designated as Kanda Aqueduct. Water was supplied. The difference from Tamagawa Aqueduct, which flows through the plateau, is also interesting. Shinagawa, Shinjuku, Itabashi, and Senju post towns prospered along the highway. (Yasuo Masai, Professor Emeritus of Rissho University)

The illustration depicts Edo at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, looking west from the sky above Edo Bay to the north. Compared to the city of Edo in each of the barriers called Gofunai, the complexity of the terrain may have been a disaster, and in the suburbs of Edo, the impression of being lonely cannot be wiped out. It's hard to make a simple comparison, but if you think about what Tokyo is like today, you can see that Edo was one of the most beautiful and natural cities in the world.

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Shogunate site (red)

Castle tower

Honmaru

Ninomaru

Sannomaru

Tatsumi bridge

Fujimi turret

Momiji mountain

Nishinomaru

Fukiage

Chidorigafuchi moat

Kitanomaru

Kitamachi Magistrate's Office

Minamimachi Magistrate's Office

Military training center

Hama palace

Gun training ground

Foreigner's lodging

Shinagawa Odaiba (artificial island)

4th Odaiba

First Odaiba

Fifth Odaiba

Second Odaiba

Sixth Odaiba

Third Odaiba

Etchujima Training Ground

Ginza

Kinza

Prison

Paddy storehouse

Boat storehouse

Bamboo storehouse

Rice storehouse

Zenza

Koishikawa Herb Garden

Herb garden

Main temples and shrines (black)

Momijiyama Toshogu

Shrine

Kanda Myojin

Yushima Tenjin

Ueno Toshogu Shrine

Kaneiji Temple

Higashi Honganji Temple

Sensoji Temple

Suwa Myojin

Ekoin

Reiganji Temple

Tomigaoka Hachiman

Eitaiji Temple

Nishi Honganji Temple

Atagoyama Toshogu

Zojoji Temple

Konchi-in Temple

Sengakuji Temple

Tozenji Temple

Tokaiji Temple

Honmonji Temple

Meguro Fudo

Korinji Temple

Zenpukuji

Hase Temple

Zenkoji

Meguro Fudo

Twelve companies

Hanazono Shrine

Hiesha

Gokokuji Temple

Denzuin

Main gates (orange)

Otemon

Inner Sakurada Gate

Sakashitamon

Outer Sakurada Gate

Hanzomon

Tayasumon

Shimizumon

Takebashi Gate

Kijibashi Gate

Hitotsubashi Yen

Hirakawamon

Wadakuramon

Race course

Hibiya Gate

Yamashita Gate

Kobashi Gate

Toranomon

Akasakamon

Yotsuya Gate

Ichigaya Gate

Ushigome Gate

Koishikawa Gate

Suji Gate

Asakusa Gate

Akabane Gate

Okido

Main bridges (blue)

Nishikibashi

Kanda Bridge

Tokiwa Bridge

Nihonbashi

Edobashi

Gofukubashi

Kajibashi

Kyobashi

Sukiyabashi

Shimbashi

Kanasugi Bridge

Akabanebashi

Ichinohashi

Ninohashi

Sannobashi

Shinohashi

Suidobashi

Shohei Bridge

Asakusabashi

Eidai Bridge

Shinohashi

Ryogoku Bridge

Azumabashi

Ohashi

Main samurai residences, etc. (purple)

Ichihashi Mansion

Hikone Ii Mansion

Kii Tokugawa Mansion

Owari Tokugawa Mansion

Mito Tokugawa Mansion (Korakuen)

Kaga Maedayashiki

Rikugien Garden

Nihonzutsumi

Foreign settlement

Satsuma Shimazu Mansion

Tosa Yamauchi Mansion

Choshu Mori Mansion

Reference / Yasuo Masai's "Map and Landscape of Edo / Tokyo" Appendix "Oedo Geographical Space Map" (published by Kokon Shoin)

#map #illustrated shinsengumi #edo #recommended

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johnmidsummer · 3 years

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寛永寺で出会った、石仏様とともに姿勢正しく座っている野良猫実際その日はもうすぐクリスマスだったけど、東京では場所によってクリスマスの紅葉はやはり都市伝説じゃないよね笑 . 撮影日:2020.12.20 . A stray cat sitting in front of the autumn leaves, at Kaneiji Temple, Tokyo. . #野良猫 #地域猫 #野良猫部 #猫ポトレ部 #猫のいる風景 #東京の紅葉 #寛永寺 #寺猫 #straycat #7catdays #tokyocameraclub #bestjapanpics #japan_photogroup #total_shot #raw_japan #japan_daytime_view #tokyoartsandculture #tokyotokyo #focusjp #discovertokyo #total_tokyo #total_asia #tv_asia #SonyAlpha #SonyAlphasClub #WeWantCats #NEKOくらぶ #cat_features #catstagram_japan #kings_cats (寛永寺) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ0jRpJg3Oc/?igshid=1gf3pejagpxuy

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nobu11051991 · 1 year

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tobykendzierski · 4 years

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🌈KANEIJI TEMPLE (1625) & The Eternal Flame of Peace memorial at Ueno Tōshō-gū shrine with colorful SENBAZURU 千羽鶴, 1000 paper cranes folded to symbolize peace in addition to the prayer for peace 🕊☮️ (at 寛永寺) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Zyc3pnbQa/?igshid=wu0169c8q37n

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lisairinajjong-blog · 7 years

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March 25th

Originally, this day was planned to be another relax-day. Two reasons made me change this plan: The first one is that I just wanted to go to a maybe happening festival this evening so I wanted to spend this day in Asakusa. With the festival only being later this day the rest would be somehow wasted, so I decided to use it on visiting Ueno and Yanaka near Asakusa. The second one is that tomorrow is said to be a rainy day so I will use this day better for a day off. I only walked the whole day and I got to see so many amazing things! This is my “I-took-the-most-pictures-day” I guess. But let’s start from the beginning: I got up really late today and somehow suddenly changed my plans into visiting Ueno. So I just packed everything and started my walk. On my way I found a store in which everything was just super keen. So I bought some noodles for 19 Yen and some orange juice. The noodles came out to be completely non-flavored so they didn’t taste that well but the orange juice was so damn great! Then I walked on to my first destination, the Kaneiji-Temple. It was a beautiful temple and the first time I felt like I was really visiting Japan, because I had to take off my shoes before entering. Sadly taking pictures was prohibited inside, so I just have some of the outer area. From here I moved on to Yanaka Ginza. On my way I got to see some super beautiful and cute Japanese styled houses and so many temples everywhere I looked. Yanaka really was like I always imagined a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. I couldn’t stop taking pictures. At Yanaka Ginza this feeling just increased since here were so many small and tiny shops which sold almost everything! I bought some food here and got into many of the shops but didn’t take many pictures. From here, I got somehow back, because Ueno Zoo and Ueno Park were my next destinations and I walked past them first. Nevertheless I didn’t take the same route back, but changed it a little, so I got to see some other shops and buildings in this beautiful part of Tokyo. Here I found a cute shop selling Mochi and similar things as well as a Sakura special which I bought immediately. Arriving at Ueno Park, I was searching hard for some already blooming sakura trees, but I found just a few. Most of them sadly still weren’t in bloom. However those which had already opened looked just amazing! While walking through the park, I got to the entrance of the zoo, bought a ticket and spent several hours here. It was so much fun and they had some amazing animals I never saw before. Not even in one of our zoos. So I took tons of pictures here. Enjoy them if you have got some time kkk After that I was really tired so I just walked through the park and across it’s Sakura street with non-blooming sakura trees and then walked back to Asakusa. Here was the festival supposed to be in the evening. Because of that I walked to Sumida Park and found many people sitting on the ground like in Ueno Park as well. They met for hanami, even though the sakura trees weren’t blooming. Some of them also wore a Yukata. It didn’t look like a festival though, so I decided to go home and return here later again (This is what I will do now~)

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yaycheese · 6 months

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Korea and Japan Oct 2023

Lunch * Ginseng chicken soup * Hamburg steak + Chicken bone soup Korea + Nagmyeon in Jeju + Hamburg Nakameguro

Dinner * Jeju black pork * Gibier Miyama + Yakitori bar + Dondon

Coffee * Cashmere Costa Rica * Torihebi + Cashmere oat milk latte

Experience * Halloween in Kyoto * Sunset peak * Last hurrah in Tokyo * Ohara * Sushi Matsumoto * Hanging out with THK + Seoul bar + Jeju group day (incl waterfalls and Muhly) + Shinjuku late night Cocktail * Osmanthus soda or Chartreuse sonic * Gamhongro + Grape mocktail at Sapphire + Gimbap cocktail at Bar Chan

Snack * Fresh persimmons * Sweet potato sando + Black sesame pastry with THK + Tiramisu inssadong + Egg bread

Purchase * Bags * Coffee dripper * Water bottle * Clipboard * Korea sweater + Prada shoes + Daiso mirror

Take my time / have some moments to fully take things in

See what’s new (coffee, bar, restaurants)

Experience / shop the things that are truly Korean or Japanese

KOREA

Eujiro

Gwanjang market (Mayak Kimbap / Ggoma Gimbap)

Coffee Hanyakbang

Horangii Cafe

Sewoon Arcade

을지로회관 Hoikwan Grillbar

Euljiro brewing🍺

Ace 4 club🍸

Manseon Hof🍺

Salon de Thé🍷

Sarangbang (Kalguksu)

Myeongdong

Daiso myeongdong

Kyoja (Kalguksu)

Myeongdong Market

Chicken and Beer street @ Myeongdong 7ga-gi

Gabaedo Coffee☕️

JAPAN

Kyoto

Full Fushimi Inari loop

Byōdō-in

Westside 33 (metal hammered pots)

Ichihara Heibei Shōten (chopsticks)

Naito Shoten (brooms)

Honke Owariya (kyotos oldest resto, soba)

Dustpan!

Sun umbrella

Tokyo

Meiji Jingū (iris garden)

Jindaiji Temple (mame daishi statue and 2 seals)

Ryusenji Temple (seal with 2 types combined)

Mixology Salon Ginza

Grape sandos

Bongen Coffee Ginza

COFFEE 葵

裏の山の木の子 (mushroom bouquet hot pot)

Tokyu Kabuchiko Tower

Tokyo / Shimokitazawa

Trefac style

Ogawa Coffee Laboratory

Sarutahiko Coffee Yoru no Bu

Andon

Café Trois Chambres

Flamingo Shimokitazawa

Jet Set

Gallery Hana

Tokyo / Ebisu

Ebisu: https://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1303/A130302/

Sowado

Tachinomiya (standing bars)

Ebisu Yokocho (alley with small restaurants, bars)

Afuri (ramen)

Mame daishi seals http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/ofuda-gansandaishi.html http://seikouminzoku.sakura.ne.jp/sub7-21.html

Mame Daishi // Osaka http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/shitennoji.html http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/shitennoji-rokujiraisando.html

Mame Daishi // Kyoto

We have, but there may be other seals: http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/shinnyodo-amida.html

Unavailable last visit: http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/sonshoin.html

We have: http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/rozanji.html

Otsu: http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/guhoji.html

Otsu: http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/sanzenin.html

Mame Daishi // Tokyo http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/meguro-fudo.html http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/kaneiji-kaizando.html (+40min) http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/jindaiji.html (+60min) http://chanekovsky.web.fc2.com/kitain.html

#cities

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neevedicampelli · 6 years

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#tokyo #ueno #ueno park #temple #ueno toshogu shrine #kaneiji 5 storied pagoda

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