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| Philip Game | profile | all galleries >> Japan (6 galleries) >> Nara, an ancient capital | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
In 1966 our family, minus its youngest member, spent a day in the placid ancient capital of Nara. This time around, Stuart joined me for a day's photoshoot together, roaming through Nara Koen, the sprawling park which encloses the major World Heritage sites. His images are also on pBase.
These images were taken with Nikon D300 using RAW format, and are available for licensing. Please visit my blog.
 An endearingly messy junk shop in the main street |
 One of the Octagonal Halls of Kofukuji Temple, founded in the 7th century |
 Five-storey pagoda at the Kofukuji Temple |
 Fortune-telling placards at the Kofukuji Temple |
 One of Nara's ubiquitous deer showing a close interest in the deer food crackers sold to tourists |
 Schoolchildren with deer - very Nara |
 Schoolchildren with deer - very Nara |
 At ease... |
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 More deer than people... |
 Nearing the Todaiji Nandaimon Gate |
 Todaiji Nandaimon Gate |
 Todaiji Temple, founded in the 8th century |
 Young schoolchildren entering Todaiji Temple |
 Todaiji's Daibutsu or Great Buddha |
 Children wriggle through 'Buddha's nostril' |
 Supporting incarnation |
 Guardian demon |
 Looking back to Todaiji Temple |
 A smaller temple beyond Todaiji |
 Tamukeyama Hachimangu Shrine (?) |
 Stone lanterns of Kasuga Taisha Shrine |
 Stone lanterns |
 Ancient stone stele |
 All is calm... |
 Visiting family |
 Ritual hand-washing tub |
 Stone temple lanterns lead the way to Kasuga Taisha |
 Copper lanterns... |
 Gilded lanterns... |
 A gilded lantern |
 Entrance to the shrine |
 Shinto priestess |
 More lanterns |
 Stone temple lanterns of Kasuga Taisha |
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| Philip Game | 11-Dec-2012 11:33 | |
| sgame | 11-Dec-2012 07:47 | |