Protective diety at Taiyu-In, the shrine to Tokugawa Iemitsu, in Nikko, Japan.
Fireworks along the waterfront of Ito City [伊東市], Shizuoka Prefecture [静岡県], Japan.
Photo of the day - 23 Apr 2016
Mikoshi such as this are carried on special festival days in Japan. This one is kept at Toshogu [東照宮] in Nikko, Japan, where Yaesu, the first Tokugawa shogun is enshrined.
Photo of the day - 20 Apr 2016
A place I call "the back stairs" on the walking trail along the Izu Penninsula's Jyogasaki Coast, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.