"Higashi-Yukigaya" - June 2006     Home   PhotoBatch   Photo Index

Higashi-Yukigaya Temple Higashi-Yukigaya Temple Walking in for a look... - finding traditional green... - a stone lantern... - old weathered wood.... - the temple connected to the house.... - and a slightly rounded roof. Higashi-Yukigaya Temple Wooden stairs... - old bell.... - old wood and glass. Higashi-Yukigaya Temple Higashi-Yukigaya Temple Notice the carving at the top. Higashi-Yukigaya Temple Once a common sight.... - old wood and glass like this... - is somewhat rare in Tokyo... - these days. Higashi-Yukigaya Temple Small shrine behind the temple The other side of the temple Green..... Walkway connecting house to temple Notice the roof angle on the temple... - which contrasts with the roof angle of... the house Back at the front of the temple Higashi-Yukigaya Temple Higashi-Yukigaya Temple Higashi-Yukigaya Temple Higashi-Yukigaya Temple House next to temple Would that there was as much green... - in the rest of Tokyo Higashi-Yukigaya Temple House beside temple House and temple Front gate House and temple Front gate of temple Back out in the regular Tokyo world Approaching a Shinkansen bridge

I should note that Higashi-Yukigaya is in Ota-ku in Tokyo.  Some names are popular and you end up with similarly or identically named temples (and cities, mountains, etc.) in different parts of the country.  This temple was so inconspicuous looking from the street that I nearly didn't go in for a closer look, but once I got up close to it, I was glad I had - particularly for the house.  This type of house with the slightly rounded roof is quite rare now.  Often the house on the grounds of a temple is rebuilt as a typical modern house and only the temple stays looking old and traditional.      The surrounding area is of great contrast to the temple grounds - as you can see from the last two pictures above.     Copyright 2006 by Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon - Images Through Glass, Tokyo