An Old Temple in my Neighbourhood

[Gnomey]

Good shots shinpachi!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Excellent photos Shinpachi, such vivid colors, and excellent history lessons also! Thank you sir!

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks Aaron, every one !

 

[Wayne Little]

Excellent Pics!

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks !

 

[vikingBerserker]

As it's 4C here today (insert laughter from our Canadian brethren) that cup of tea looks great!

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks David too !

ORANDA means Holland in my country but I didn't wonder why Holland for a coffee shop.
"喫茶 (kissa)" means a tea (-shop), though.
The owner did not look a Dutch at least

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Capt. Vick]

Well they got the orange color right though...

 

[Shinpachi]

This is another one.
Common point is - both coffee shops were opened in 1949.
Probably a fashion at the time.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

This is a mascot doll of a barber's shop nearby my home.
This shop was also opened in the late 1940s.

 

[Wurger]

A very nice shot. Here such mascots aren't used for the kind of workshops and their advertisement..

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks Wojtek

A division of U.S. military stayed in a building nearby this area until Korean War.
There would have been many American GIs walking around the barber's shop.
The building is now a city museum of arts.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Shinpachi]

This is Nanba Yasaka Shrine in my neighborhood.
A small shrine but its unique building is famous.
Just a stage.

 

[Wurger]

 

[vikingBerserker]

BEAUTIFUL!

 

[michaelmaltby]

... so sensual.