Nikko, Japan
日光市

Main gate to Futarasan jinja 二荒山神社, Nikkō, Japan — December 14, 2003

Many of the cedar trees around the shrine are over 500 years are old.

Three wise monkeys at Nikkō Tōshō-gū, Nikkō — December 14, 2003

Together the three wise monkeys embody the proverbial principle “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”

The Sanbutsudo, Rinnō-j, Nikkō, Japan — December 14, 2003

Nikkō, Japan — December 14, 2003

Drunken salaryman and myself on the three-hour train ride back to Tokyo — December 14, 2003

Front area of the Futarasan Shrine, Nikkō, Japan — December 14, 2003

The Futarasan Shrine was founded in 782, Nikkō, Japan — December 14, 2004

Ancient temple, Nikkō, Japan — December 14, 2003

Futarasan Shrine, Nikkō, Japan — December 14, 2003

Preparing for New Year’s celebrations, Nikkō, Japan — December 14, 2003