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Today I will be traveling to China for the next round of the FIA World Endurance Championship, the 6 Hours of Shanghai, this Saturday.  As it will be difficult to post today as I will be on a plane for most of it I have prepared the final look at my last FIA WEC trip to Japan. Following on from yesterday's Sake Barrels, here are some images from the Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo. About Meiji Jingu Meiji Jingu is a Shinto shrine. Shinto is called Japan's ancient original religion, and it is deeply rooted in the way of Japanese life. Shinto has no founder, no holy book, and not even the concept of religious conversion, but Shinto values for example harmony with nature and virtues such as "Magokoro (sincere heart)". In Shinto, some divinity is found as Kami (divine spirit), or it may be said that there is an unlimited number of Kami. You can see Kami in mythology, in nature, and in human beings. From ancient times, Japanese people have felt awe and gratit...

I was reviewing the images I took on the recent trip to Japan and I came across some pictures from the Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo. These are Sake Barrels that are offered each year to the memory of the Emperor Meiji and the Empress Shoken by the Meiji Jingu Nationwide Sake Brewers Association.  These colourful straw covered barrels are each individually painted and are on display to visitors to the shrine.   CLICK HERE  to see more information about the Meiji Jingu Shrine. All the images were taken on a Nikon D800 and Nikon 17-35mm f2.8 lens ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY CLICKING THE GOOGLE ADVERTS It doesn't cost you anything to click on an advert but we get a small fee for every click thru from Google and this helps support this blog - thank you for helping ------------------------------------------------------------------...