toothdigger's comeback: shrine

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Monday, June 25, 2007

Sunday, June 24, 2007

Tower Opposite the Other at Entrance to Shrine

Tower at Entrance to a Nikko Shrine

White Dragons

White dragons on roof-line corner of shrine in Nikko, Japan.

Saturday, June 23, 2007

Site of "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil" Monkeys

Tosogu Shrine in Nikko with three extraordinary Buddhas within. Unfortunately, no photography is allowed inside the shrines. Shoes are also to be taken off so that only stocking feet touch the tatami mats.

Beauty in Nikko

Nikko is Japan

"Nikko is Japan" posters were everywhere on the trains on the way.

Toothdigger's Patron Saint

St. Agapius

Feastday: November 20 & August 19

Martyr and valiant defender of the faith. A Christian in Caesarea, Palestine, Agapius was taken prisoner in the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian. Three times he suffered imprisonment for the faith, released after enduring torture each time. Arrested a fourth, he was offered a pardon if he denied Christ. When he refused, he was penned up with a wild boar. The animal inflicted severe damage on him but did not kill him, so officials drowned him the next day (a stone was tied to his ankle, and he was thrown overboard into the sea.)

Source: Catholic Online