Author: Benkei

A Nebuta ornamental work of art at New Aomori Station and Seikan Ferry Memorial Ship Hakkoda-maru at Aomori Port in the city of Aomori, Aomori, 5/11/2024

(https://www.nebuta.jp/foreign/english.html)

(https://aomori-hakkoudamaru.com/leaflet.html)

Unusual lion-dogs (komainu) near the entrance of a shrine, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, 5/02/2024

Street lights of Honcho 2-chome shopping district, 5/02/2024

Old train car in the backyard of Shimoyoshida Station, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, 5/02/2024

Shizuoka Sengen Shrine is the name for a collective group of three Shinto shrines forming a single religious corporation located in Aoi-ward in the city of Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture. These shrines are the Kanbe Shrine, Sengen Shrine, and Ohtoshimioya Shrine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shizuoka_Sengen_Shrine).

Shizuoka Sengen Shrine, Aoi-ward, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, 4/16/2024

Ohgane House with a thick thatched roof, Makinohara, Shizuoka, 4/14/2024

Horai Bridge, the world longest wooden pedestrian bridge (897.4 m) over the Ohi River located in the city of Shimada, Shizuoka, 4/14/2024 (https://www.americanpoleandtimber.com/5-historic-record-breaking-wooden-bridges/)

Tea fields located in the Makinohara Plateau, the largest tea farming region in Japan, “The Tea Museum, Shizuoka” in the city of Shimada, Shizuoka, 4/14/2024

https://kakegawajo.com/english/

Kakegawa Castle, Kakegawa, Shizuoka, 4/13/2024

Koydai Rest House, Narusawa-village, Yamanashi, 4/11/2024

https://mtfuji-whc.jp/en/

Mount Fuji World Heritage Center, Shizuoka, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, 4/01/2024

The Mount Fuji Hongu Sengen Shrine is a  Shinto shrine located in the city of Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture. It is the head shrine of the about 1,300 Sengen shrines in Japan (https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/1306/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujisan_Hong%C5%AB_Sengen_Taisha).

Mount Fuji Hongu Sengen Shrine, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, 4/04/2024

Distinctive lion-dogs, komainu, and tied-fortune slips, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, 4/04/2024

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komainu)

(Added) Mount Fuji Hongu Sengen Shrine, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, 4/14/2025

(Added) Mount Fuji Hongu Sengen Shrine, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, 4/21/2025

Shiraito-no-Taki and Otodome-no-Taki, White thread falls and Sound stop falls, are located in the city of Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture. The size of the White thread falls is a 20-meter high and 150-meter wide and the size of Sound stop falls is a 25-meter high and several-meter wide (https://fujinomiya.gr.jp/guide/170/; https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/1512/).

White thread falls and Sound stop falls, Fujinomiya-city, Shizuoka, 4/04&18/2024

Mount Kuno Tosho Shrine, Kunozan Toshogu (https://www.toshogu.or.jp/english/)

Mount Kuno Tosho Shrine, Shimizu-ward, Shizuoka-city, Shizuoka, 3/30/2024

The Pine Grove of Miho, Miho-no-Matsubara Pine Grove (https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/1303/)

The Pine Grove of Miho, Shimizu-ward, Shizuoka-city, Shizuoka, 3/30/2024