A red gate before a small shrine. On either side of the red gate, little dog statues wearing red bibs stand watch. They look friendly.

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1. mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 20:33:30 JST mcc

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   What was interesting about this temple (Kiyomizu-dera) was it was really more of like… a complex? There's a part built in the 8th century, and a part built in the 1600s, but then there's just all this other … stuff, all around the site, which seems to be its own thing with its own individual history, some of it very mysterious if you can't read Japanese signage (attachment #2: why are there dogs? why do they look so friendly? are they meant as guardians? or are they just happy to see you?