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Pictures of Kanazawa shrine

The four seasons of Kanazawa Shrine in pictures. Click on the photos to enlarge them.

Spring shrine

Raindrops and cherry blossoms

Cherry blossom tourists

Gate and cherry blossom

Lanterns and cherry blossoms

Asian skunk cabbage

Wisteria in full bloom next to the main shrine.

Summer shrines

place for ritual cleansing of hands and mouth with water

free-range pond

cogon grass ring (through which people pass during summer purification rites)

Autumn shrines

From the front of the shrine at night.

Chinese phoenix

Phoenix and full moon

Winter shrines

torii corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)