Monday, February 20, 2012

Meiji Shrine

About 5-10 minutes walk away from the Harajuku station is the Meiji Shrine. The shrine is a place of quiet repose, perfect for those seeking peace and tranquility away from the bustle of the city.


The Meiji Shrine covers a huge ground, although much of it remains a forested area.


At the entrance of every shrine, there would be an area where devotees scoop a cup full of water for cleansing I suppose, before they enter into sacred ground.


Prayer Tags

I followed the forested path to the back of the shrine, and it opened up into this huge expanse of very parched ground.


There is something very haunting to this image of scarecrow-like trees, dried up stream and cawing crows in the background.


I never leave my room without my guidebooks and maps!

Give me a grass to roll on, a perfect spring sunlight mixed together with the last cold breeze from the departing winter, and you have found me my perfect place (:


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