Tranquil Shrine

Everywhere you go, you can find small sacred sites, most of them still being quietly used. Wherever you find them, there is also tranquil nature.

Prayers in the Wind

Even the prayer-books were left, their pages fluttering around.

Abandoned Shrine

There was this disused shrine amongst the trees, too. It had just been left there, forgotten.

Toshogu Shrine Pagoda

The whole place exudes the mystery of a long-forgotten world, something you feel more in the quiet nearby temples that few people go to.

Toshogu Shrine Detail

The level of detail is incredible, which is why it's so famous.

Toshogu Shrine Visitors

That's not to say some of the other tourists aren't just as attractive.

Toshogu Shrine

The holiday also took me to Nikko, where I went with Glen. The gorgeous Toshogu shrine was incredibly photogenic!

Yasukuni Shrine

Another place I made my way to was the controversial Yasukuni shrine.

Seeing the exhibits makes you wonder if modern technology makes it inappropriate to to romanticise certain things.