August 24, Sunday. Nara. |
| e01. Deers are commonplace in Nara. They live everywhere. |
| e02. Feeding deers. |
| e03. Kofuku-ji pagoda. |
| e04. Kofuku-ji pagoda. |
| e05. A pack of deers. They are still new for us. |
| e06. Famous Nara stone lanterns. These two are really magnificent ones. |
| e07. Two Europeans want to take an entertainment ride. |
| e08. Road to Todai-ji temple (where Great Buddha of Nara is). |
| e09. Children playing with deer. Park near Todai-ji temple. |
| e10. Can you find out what it is? |
| e11. Daibutsu temple gate. |
| e12. Guardian inside temple gate. |
| e13. To the temple. |
| e14. Deer. |
| e15. Stone obelisk with hieroglyphs carved in it. |
| e16. Daibutsu temple. View from the outside. |
| e17. Daibutsu temple. Main entrance. |
| e18. Near incense-burner. |
| e19. Irina Mironova and Olga Sil'chenko, at the entrance. |
| e20. Myself. Dark temple inner hall contrasts with my white shirt. |
| e21. Great Buddha of Nara. |
| e22. Great Buddha of Nara. |
| e23. We're leaving. Main gate. |
| e24. Lawn of the temple. Golden spear on the background is explained on the next shot. |
| e25. Modern construction; as far as I remember it symbolizes unification of people's spirits of the world or something like that. |
| e26. Kasuga shrine. |
| e27. Irina near sacred stone lanterns. |
| e28. Irina near sacred stone lanterns. |
| e29. Slope of the hill is covered by large stone staircase. Deers everywhere. |
| g01. Dragon on the rooftop (view from the restaurant at the second floor). |
| g02. Dark alley and stone lanterns. |
| g03. I am sad. Don't know why. |
| g04. Golden lanterns among orange columns. |
| g05. Kasuga shrine. |
| g06. Old tree inside shrine. |
| g07. Countryside. You can see rice fields in the foreground (this is the road from Nara to Kyoto). |
| g08. Countryside (this is the road from Nara to Kyoto). |