Our hotel in Tokyo was very close to one of the most famous Japanese Buddhist temples called Sensoji. Many many tourists come here along with many Japanese people here to have a religious experience. Here's Brian in front of a cool looking building (called a Pagoda) that we weren't sure what it's purpose was.
One of the things that most visitors do is to see what their fortunes will be. You pay 100 yen (about $1 USD) and then pick out a random stick that indicates which drawer you should pull your fortune out of. Here's Angela holding the one she got. At the bottom of this blog post is a video of Brian trying to get his fortune.
Here's a better overview picture of the Sensoji temple grounds. There's an incense burning area and several buildings where you can buy various fortunes for certain aspects in life (like health, employment, romance, etc.). Quite a contrast from an LDS temple experience, but still neat to experience.
At the main worshiping area there are very ornate golden statues to see and pray at.
All around the temple grounds are various outdoor shopping areas. These were quite fun to browse through. We shopped at these kinds of places many times and found various interesting things. This walkway happened to be a covered one.
Here's the happy couple in front of the entrance just as it started to rain.
On a second visit we got this photo of Angela showing off her cool Japanese fan.
Here's video of Brian getting his fortune, though he had trouble finding the drawer of fortunes that corresponded to the Kanji characters on the stick (they were partially rubbed off). He did finally locate it. Also included is some video of the temple grounds area.
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