Near Sendai ist a wonderful limestone bay which was washed out during the eons of time. Driving there with a small boat is a lovely impression

Especially the old way of fishing is impressive

Japanese are very spirtual and therefore you find temples everywhere and usually these are very nice and quiet – even peaceful

Different style of image

an old overgrown shrine

markers and reminders

I loved this one especially

Superstition runs high

And the miniature persons are all clothed

In another temple – on Shikoku, where you find many of them as it is kind of „spiritual heartland of Japan“ – the temples are quite different again. Most caring for pilgrims, doing the temple tour (1750 km)

I loved the frog…

Even more these sculptures

The cool thing about Janapese spiritual scultpure – completely different to the European approach – is a kind of wittiness and „real-life“ of the images. A bit like El Greco in his paintings… super-imposing attributes which describe the person

There has to be a big bell in every temple

And statues..

Well, some work needs to be done as well 😉

Very often the smaller figurines are a beautiful thing to watch as well

A typical small ghost house (for the ancestors)

Clean when you enter

Lovely huge trees

Combining existing and new

Tree support…

Before the main hall

Down the dojis to the shrine

Another guardian

Wishes

Every kind – all written on some piece of wood (and mostly burned later on)

Memories…

Praying

Reflection