Small temple in the big city, a photo from Tokyo, Kanto

Photographer's Note

A small temple at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel. This is the second of my scanned series.
I would be pleased is you told me your opinions about the photo!

Shinagawa (品川区, Shinagawa-ku) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. In English, it calls itself Shinagawa City. The ward is home to nine embassies. Shinagawa has sister-city relations with Portland, Maine in the United States; Geneva, Canton of Geneva, in Switzerland; Auckland City in New Zealand; Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China, and Hayakawa, Yamanashi.
As of 2005, the ward has an estimated population of 334,464 and a density of 14720 persons per km². The total area is 22.72 km².
Shinagawa includes natural uplands and lowlands, as well as reclaimed land. The uplands are the eastern end of the Musashino hills. They include Shiba Shiroganedai north of the Meguro River, Megurodai between the Meguro and Tachiai Rivers, and Ebaradai south of the Tachiai River.
The ward lies on Tokyo Bay. Its neighbors on land are all special wards of Tokyo: Koto to the east, Minato to the north, Meguro to the west, and Ota to the south.
The ward consists of five districts:
the Shinagawa district, including the former Shinagawa post on the Tōkaidō
the Osaki district, formerly a town, stretching from Osaki Station to Gotanda and Meguro Stations
the Ebara district, formerly a town of that name
the Oi district, previously the town
the Yashio district, consisting of reclaimed land
Most of Tokyo east of the Imperial Palace is reclaimed land. A large portion of reclamation happened during the Edo period. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947, through the administrative amalgamation of the former Ebara Ward with the former Shinagawa Ward. Both Ebara Ward and Shinagawa Ward had been created in 1932, with the outward expansion of the municipal boundaries of the Tokyo City following the 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake.
In the Edo period, Shinagawa was the first post town a traveler would reach after setting out from Nihombashi on the Tokaido highway from Edo to Kyoto. The post-town function is retained today with several large hotels near the train station offering 6,000 hotel rooms, the largest concentration in the city. The Tokaido Shinkansen began serving Shinagawa Station from 2003, and the nearby Shinagawa Intercity office complex will be served by a new subway station in a few years' time.

from en.wikipedia.org

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kiwi_explorer (12207) 2007-06-19 6:26

Hi Marton,
Quite good image considering this is a scanned image. I salute the owners of this temple for resisting development. Well captured and composed. Well done! tfs
Cheers,
Renier

belido (19934) 2007-06-19 10:32

HI Marton,

great capture. The strong contrast and the frame are nice. Interesting situation with that small temple between those buildings. Very goos job!
Regards,
Carlos

wadd99 (222) 2007-06-19 11:04

Hi Marton

I forget it's name but this little temple has such a long and rich history. It is located across the street from the Takanawa exit of Shinagawa Station. Shinagawa is the oldest port City in Tokyo. This little temple was once located high on a hill by Tokyo Bay. It was well lit like a light house and ships would use it as a landmark guide to know that they arrived in Shinagawa. Later after most of the seaside became a landfill the temple was relocated to it's current location right next to the Keihin business hotel (right side). Rumor has it that Emperor Meiji slept there on his trip from Kyoto to Tokyo.

Shinagawa is one of the hidden gems in all of Tokyo. Walk left on this road (route 15) and cross the Keikyu line tracks and soon you will be in old Shinagawa. A historical little town full of old shopping streets, old houses, temples dedicated to fishermen, you can make a day of it and visit the 100 historical sites of Shinagawa. On one of your walks you might run into several old men standing around wearing yukatas with towels on their heads in the middle of the street. A closer look and you will see a small structure behind them; an original public bath house.

gbeli (2051) 2007-06-19 13:47

Hello Marci
Tradition venus profit in this photo.
Nice POV and atmosphaire.
Regards

atus (15795) 2007-06-20 20:46

Szia Marci,
nem semmi ez a pici buddhista templom a ronda "modern" épuletek kozt; szinte észrevehetetlen. A kép minosége és vàgàsa jò, foleg ha azt vesszuk, hogy szkennerrel vitted gépre. èrdemes Japàn-t meglàtogatni? Eddig a vàgyaim listàjànak eléggé a végen volt, de az utòbbi idokben, egy picit àtértékeltem az orszàgot a TE-n làtott képek alapjàn.
A dolt betuk kafàn mukodnek, koszi!
Attila

rossy85 (2865) 2007-06-21 14:57

Hi Marton,
Very good quality for a scanned image, I like it! Good POV, the photographed temple is a really very typical for Japan and your note is quiet interesting.
Thank you
Rossy

temmel (2496) 2007-06-22 5:39

Szia Marci,
Attilával ellentétben , nekem egyik legnagyobb vágyam eljutni Japánba( főleg a mai modern építészet az ami odavonz)
bár sajnos ez nem mostanában fog bekövetketni.
Nagyon jó ez a kép!
A régi-új találkozása, szakrális tér a modern épületek között-nagyon jó és érdekes kombináció.

Nézegettem a galériádat és nagyon tetszenek a képeid:)
köszi,
Linda