Walking from the center of Shizuoka to Kiyomizu Park in the east, I happened across the entrance to a temple, and decided to go inside for a look. It's only small and didn't take me long to get around, but I found a peaceful graveyard with some serene statues, among them the Kannon, the Buddhist goddess of mercy.
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Keyo-in Temple, Shizuoka
A pleasant neighbourhood Buddhist temple in Shizuoka
By Peter Sidell
Community writer
A seated Buddhist devotee
A statue watching over the graveyard
Buddhist statues
Another statue in the graveyard
In the graveyard
A cute little statue
In the graveyard
The peaceful graveyard
More statues
And two more cute little Buddhist figures
The very small temple garden
The entrance from the street
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Cathy Cawood
9 years ago
I really love the 10th photo!
I do sometimes find these cute little baby Buddhas at temples. At another temple in Shizuoka there's a whole load of them on the lawn!
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