A piece of Japan&Korea

Byodoin temple is famous for the design of 10 yen coin. Boydoin has 1000year's history.
And there is also many images of Budda. This temple is also resistered in World Heritage.
Byodoin is located Uji city in Kyoto. But maybe...many foreign tourists don't go because
here is away from center of Kyoto. If you stay in Japan for long,for example studying in Japan etc,
going Uji is also good for relaxing. Calm and nice place...

Hi, everyone. My name is HR. I'm Japanese who studies in Korea now.
I start this blog for the people worldwide to know beautiful countried, Japan and Korea.
In Japan, we go to shrine on new year's day. It is for praying for a year. In ancient times
every nature things can be a god in Japan. So we called '800 millions gods'. Shrine is also
the religious place, but nowadays we go not by religious meaning, but just for praying
or making our mind 'empty'. The shirine on the photo is 'Kashihara Jingu shrine'.
It is said this one enshrines the first emperor in Japan. About 0.8 million people visit
this shirine on only 3 new year days.
Yes, I hope you enjoy this blog even if I'm poor at English.
2006, Have a wonderful year!