Japan The Soul Of A Nation

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A scene from the Tawaraya Inn in Kyoto, Japan. Service at such a first-class traditional 'ryokan' is fit for royalty, and is ...
A room at the Tawaraya Inn in Kyoto, Japan. Service at such a first-class traditional 'ryokan' is fit for royalty, and is des...
A hishaku, bamboo ladle, sits on an ablution basin inset in a stone in the Ryoanji rock garden in Kyoto. Ritual cleanliness i...
Whether in the city or countryside, Japanese bathhouses have always been centers for community interaction. Hoshi Onsen, Gumm...
The vast majority of Japanese consider themselves adherents of both Buddhism and Shinto. Here a priest of the Nichiren sect b...
Three Ages of the Japanese Woman - a girl from Matsushima, a bride wearing the elaborate kimono and headpiece for the Shinto ...
Three Ages of the Japanese Woman - a girl from Matsushima, a bride wearing the elaborate kimono and headpiece for the Shinto ...
Three Ages of the Japanese Woman - a girl from Matsushima, a bride wearing the elaborate kimono and headpiece for the Shinto ...
Visitng school children seem oblivious to the significance of the Nagasaki Peace Statue in the city's Heiwa Koen, Peace Park.
The austere elegance of the Daibutsu-den hall of the Todaiji in Nara, Japan, the world's largest wooden building and home to ...
Flowers bloom outside the Atomic Bomb Memorial Dome in Hiroshima. In the immediate aftermath of the A-bombing, it was feared ...
During festivals in the Takachiho region of Miyazaki Prefecture in southeastern Kyushu, dancers reenact Shinto creation stori...
During festivals in the Takachiho region of Miyazaki Prefecture in southeastern Kyushu, dancers reenact Shinto creation stories.
A bird's-eye view of the imposing Daibutsu, Great Buddha, in Kamakura accentuates its weathered patina. Its asymmetrical prop...
Night view of the giant vermillion "floating torii" of Itsukushima Shrine, on Miyajima - one of Japan's "three supreme views."
Itsukushima Shrine