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Yoshida, Koenji 高円寺

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春雪の釈迦堂

2020年、圓融寺。

三月に降った雪の圓融寺。屋根の反りが特徴的な釈迦堂。

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A sculpted image of the cosmic buddha Dainichi Nyorai (大日如来) dating to 1176 by the Buddhist artist Unkei (運慶) at Enjōji Temple (円成寺) in Nara

Image from "運慶と鎌倉彫刻 (日本の美術12)" [Unkei and Kamakura Sculpture (The Arts of Japan 12] by 水野敬三郎 [Mizuno Keisaburō], published by 小学館 [Shōgakukan], 1972, color plate 15

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Tokyo, 1989 Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. 日本 東京 杉並区 高円寺南 ドコモ中野ビル Photography by Michitaka Kurata

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タロー軒（Taro-ken）「ラーメン」

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✔️Nearest : 新高円寺駅

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Today, a public building! Which means I don't have to redact the address marker :D This beautiful temple is called 浄円寺 Jōen-ji, or Jōen Temple.

浄 is new to this blog! It means to clean, cleanse, purify, or exorcise. It's read きよ.める, きよ.い, ジョウ, or セイ. The radicals are 氵water and 争 struggle, which... yeah, accurate description of cleaning.

円 is new too! It means circle, round, or yen/JPY. It's read まる.い, まる, まど, まど.か, まろ.やか, or エン.

We've previously covered 丸い [まるい] as meaning round. The difference is that 丸 generally applies tor three-dimensional or spherical round objects, and 円 to flat or circle-like round objects. (The adjective 円い exists, but I think it's pretty rare... but that could be a blind spot on my part!)

寺 is not new but we covered it so long ago that it might as well be. It means (Buddhist) temple. It's read てら or ジ.

It can be hard to tell apart Buddhist and Shintō places of worship on sight, but the name is the key. If it ends in 寺 [read てら, -でら, or じ], that means it's Buddhist, whereas Shintō shrine names end with 神社 [じんじゃ], or 社 [しゃ or やしろ], or 宮 [usually ぐう or みや].

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東京都杉並区高円寺の純情商店街

Koenji, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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Ok, hold the phone. Back the truck up. Wait just a second.

How’ve i been living in Tokyo three years, been wandering around Koenji about as long, and only today just noticed there’s a building wiv a fuck-off huge badger just, like, fuckin’ stickin’ out the top?

The fuck?

The badger (in question)

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Legs, Koenji 高円寺

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ぶぶか＠高円寺　

黒丸油そば

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A painted image of the goddess Kichijōten (吉祥天) and her assistants from the manuscript of an iconographical guide dating to 1309-1310 at Entsūji Temple (円通寺) on Mount Kōya (高野山) in Wakayama Prefecture

Image from "天部の諸尊 / Divine Figures in the Realm of Deva" published by the Kōyasan Reihōkan Museum (高野山霊宝館) on Mount Kōya in 1994, page 34