Comments on: Sensoji Temple

By: grrlie

grrlie — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:21:04 +0000

the purpose of washing your hands in the fountain is for cleansing. you breath in the incense and pass is over your head and heart and you wash your hands in the fountain. you are supposed to do this before you go into a temple that houses a shrine.

By: Menouthis

Menouthis — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:44:26 +0000

Mianah, I had to take a photography class while I was a student. But whatever lessons I learned, I quickly forgot by the time the class ended 5 years ago.

Kibidango is a mochi-like sweets. It’s like glutinous balls rolled into peanuts and brown sugar then skewered together. It’s very nice. I actually took a picture of it but didn’t like the angle/the result so I decided to ditch it.

Mianah, no, I didn’t rub the Buddha’s belly. The statue is actually higher than the angle that I chose to take for that shot. And I still don’t know the purpose of washing your hands under the fountain either. There’s no explanation written in the fountain and I found that in each temples that I visited, there’s always one of these ‘fountain’ thing to wash your hand. So maybe it’s just a custom.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:00:15 +0000

Yea, nice pictures, its such a contrast from how things look ova here. Did you rub Buddhas belly (lol) and did you find out the purpose of washing your hands under the fountain?

By: Momotato

Momotato — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:20:31 +0000

I third that. Great pics.

By: David

David — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 05:35:36 +0000

Right, ditto what Mianah said — Menouthis, your pictures are great!

Honestly, I can almost guarantee that Sensoji Temple was featured in an early episode of Samurai Champloo — I can’t believe you’re actually seeing it, so to speak, in the real! So…..unbelievably….lucky XD

Be safe :)