JAPAN 2017: DAY 2, PART 2 – Nara – Kofukuji, Todai-ji (Inc. Video)
These 18 new galleries are a combination of a month and a half’s work of whittling down & post-processing around 5000 photos that I took on this dream trip to Japan in November 2017 down to 561, many late nights & tired eyeballs, 5 months planning & preparation for the actual trip (no package holiday tours here!), raising the funds, praying everyday that war wouldn’t break out in Korea, surviving two crazy long flights on zero sleep, navigating around the Japanese cities of Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Tokyo & Hiroshima, getting up crazy early to get to some of these places before the hoards of mostly Chinese tourists arrive and generally walking & hiking until I couldn’t feel my feet anymore! I present to you ‘Me, Myself and Japan 2017 Trip!’ (and my camera of course… ;] )
Kofukuji Photos
Catching the train to Nara KyotoNara Station building opened in 1890 NaraConcrete lantern belongning to the Nara Station building NaraWooden deer scuplture outside a shop in Nara NaraMelonpan shop NaraDecorative stained glass telephone box NaraNara deer manhole cover NaraFreshy squished Mochi ready to go on sale NaraMochi or Japanese rice cakes being processed NaraThe famous Mochi or Japanese rice cake with red bean paste filling NaraSarusawa ike Pond NaraEntrance to Nanendo Hall at Kofukuji NaraThe octagonal Nanendo Hall at Kofukuji NaraKofukuji Five Storied Pagoda NaraDeer popping its head through the gates at the exit of Kofukuji NaraDeer biscuits waiting to be eaten NaraThe Deer rule book NaraJapanese senior feeding the deer at Nara Park NaraUnusual deer mascot NaraStall selling deer biscuits at the Great South Gate Todai ji NaraDeer roaming freely at The Great South Gate in Tōdai ji NaraGirls feeding deer at The Great South Gate in Tōdai ji NaraThe largest temple entrance gate in Japan The Great South Gate or Nandaimon Gate in Tōdai ji NaraOne of the two Kongo Rikishi at The Great South Gate in Tōdai ji 8.4 meters in height NaraClose up of one of the two Kongo Rikishi at The Great South Gate in Tōdai ji NaraLooking through the protective mesh of one of the two Kongo Rikishi at The Great South Gate in Tōdai ji NaraKagamiike with autumn colors in Tōdai ji NaraTodaijis main hall the Daibutsuden the worlds largest wooden building NaraThe bright autumn colors of the Japanese red maple in Todaiji NaraTwo deer wander through the yellow leaved covered autumn grounds of Todaiji NaraDeer bowing in front of Todaiji HokkeDo in Todaiji NaraHilltop buddhist hall in Todaiji NaraThe magnificent panorama of Nara at Hilltop buddhist hall in Todaiji NaraClose up of a lantern in autumn colors of the Hilltop buddhist hall in Todaiji NaraTemple roof detail in the autumn colors of the Hilltop buddhist hall in Todaiji NaraShrine in the hills behind the Hilltop buddhist hall in Todaiji NaraGift made by the tourist office receptionists mother Nara
