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Published: 2013-02-25 00:41:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 37446; Favourites: 2054; Downloads: 648
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A bronze statue of Fuji Sengen Jinja [富士浅間神社] in Fuji-Yoshida [富士吉田] City Japan. Asian Dragon has been one of the popular traditional motifs of Japanese religion, art and craft.
There is sometimes a dragon on Chouzubachi[手水鉢]. Chouzubachi is a water vessel which is made from stone, located in Temizuya[手水舎] of Jinja (Japanese Shinto shrine). Chouzubachi are used by worshipers for washing their left hands, right hands, mouth and finally the handle of the water ladle to purify themselves before approaching the main Shinto shrine -Shaden [社殿]-.
This dragon is a water tap at Temizuya. Temizuya is a Shinto water ablution pavilion for a ceremonial purification rite known as temizu. Temizuya is usually an open area where clear water fills one or various stone basins. Wooden dippers are usually available to worshipers.
Fuji Sengen Jinja is located at the foot of Mt.Fuji (Fujisan)[富士山] -the most famous and highest mountain in Japan-. It was an entrance of a mountain trail of Mt.Fuji. Mt.Fuji is one of mountains of gods. Ancient worshipers climbed Mt.Fuji from this Jinja.
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You're welcome x3
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wow eastern dragons are my favourite
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wow.. that dragon scared me O_O so big...
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Actually it's not so big. But I took this photo from under side.
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I see ^^ but its face a bit scary hehehe, anyway, I love it XD
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I love the culture of Japanese religion, art, history and etc. I find this very amazing to see and I bet it's even a better sight in person
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Thank you! I'm glad you are interested in Japanese culture.
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you're welcome and thank you 
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Brilliant! ^^
I'll submit journals or photos about something samurais, when I conceive of a good idea.
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awesome, that would be wonderful
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It's beautiful !
In addition, I love dragons !
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Thank you!
Ditto. I love them too.
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I'll take one too, but let me guess I can't have one and it's not for sale either...... I know but if you could purchase a replica of one I'd take it. If it wasn't too expensive
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Cool!
I wish we had such cool stuff here in Sweden
...well I guess we have if you search the courtryside..
Very cool dragon anyway!
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Thank you! ^^
You can look lots of pictures, statues, crafts and so on of dragons, if you come to East Asia.
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I'd love to travel around in Asia, I'm very interested in Japan for example
I'm hoping I'll be able to do so as soon as my fiancé has an income so we can save up some. I can't go alone 'cause she wants to travel there too
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Brilliant! You must come to Japan with your fiancé someday. If you let me know then, I will guide you in/near Tokyo.
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That would be awesome!
I'll keep that in mind ^^
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thanks for the picture and enlightenment
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Love this photo.
thanks for sharing both the photo and the knowledge
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Thank you! And you are welcome!
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wow!!! i want that statue.
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This is wonderful - thank you for sharing.
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Thank you. And you are welcome!
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Indeed. Dragon Ball? Shenron originally means "god dragon".
Dragons are called "Ryuu" in Japanese, and "Long"(don't pronounce "g") in Chinese.
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Yeah, it was a Dragon Ball reference. C:
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Surely he looks like Shenron. :3
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I think the most interesting things besides the dragon here are the little seals on the ceiling... you can really see their age. I'm amazed they held up so well over the years... they're doing their job very well then.
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They are called Senjafuda. Senjafuda are stickers of a visitor's name. People put it on as a memory of worshipping the shrine.
[link]
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What are the pieces of paper above the dragon?
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It's a good question. They are called Senjafuda. Senjafuda are stickers of a visitor's name. People put it on as a memory of worshipping the shrine.
[link]
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