Tokyo snapshot: Karasuyama town boasts 26 Buddhist temples

Tokyo snapshot: Karasuyama town boasts 26 Buddhist temples

Photo taken on Oct. 14, 2015, shows a bus stop sign in the Kitakarasuyama area of Tokyo's Karasuyama district, popularly known as Karasuyama Teramachi, or "temple town." There exist 26 Buddhist temples in this particular area alone. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo snapshot: Shadows of stupas, tombs shown on temple wall

Tokyo snapshot: Shadows of stupas, tombs shown on temple wall

Photo taken on Oct.8, 2015, shows the shadows of nearby tombs and Buddhist stupas reflected on the wall of one of the 26 temples dotting the Kitakarasuyama area of Tokyo's Karasuyama district, known as Karasuyama Teramachi or "temple town." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Two men

Two men

Two middle-aged men pose in a photograph studio. The man standing holds a stick in his hand, while the man sitting wears geta clogs. Taken in 1905. The words Teramachi Sanjo Kitae-iru written on the lower right indicate that it was taken at the Tsubameya Studio (Teramachi Sanjo-ue) run by Imamoto Yujiro.==Date:1905, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐234‐0]

A geiko

A geiko

A geigi wearing a kimono sits on the veranda of a house. She has both hands in her lap. Her hair is styled in shimada fashion, and she seems to have white shironuri makeup on her face. There is a chest in the room behind her, and a lamp has been placed next to her. This albumen print was taken by Yagi Tamagawado at the Teramachi Takoyakushi-kado Studio.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number71‐83‐0]

The Kaizando of Kofukuji Temple and Kojiya-machi

The Kaizando of Kofukuji Temple and Kojiya-machi

Beato photo of the Kaisando at Kofukuji temple and the Kojiyamachi street around 1864. This is one of the oldest photo of the street in Nagasaki in the late Edo Period. The middle of street was paved with stones, and the street leading to Teramachi was connected by stone steps, which was made into slope in after years.==Date:1864, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number28‐28‐0]

The main hall at Daionji Temple

The main hall at Daionji Temple

A 1864 photo by Beato of the main building of Daionji Temple in Teramachi. The priests, warriors and servants posed for the photo after the bell tower in picture number 28-21 was taken. Beato took a photo of Ueno Hikoma within this temple.==Date:1864, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number28‐26‐0]

Bell tower of daionji temple

Bell tower of daionji temple

Beato took a photo of the bell tower within the Daionji Temple compounds in Teramachi when he visited Nagasaki in 1864. Monks, warriors and servants look at Beato curiously.==Date:1864, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number28‐21‐0]