Nara part deux

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So to continue. The shrine is covered in lanterns. Stone lanterns, metal lanterns, copper, bronze-looking, and golden lanterns hang and stand everywhere the eye can see and the human body can go.
I imagine they would be quite pretty at night, were the all alight.

This is my favorite picture. They don't particularly look like they
 like each other, but maybe it was the strain of the day. 

After the park and the shinto shrine, we meandered over to the Buddhist temple. Equal opportunity religious people. Except the Buddhist temple dominates everything else. 

Yep, that's me. The temple is pretty far back there. And it is freaking huge.
Inside are several 40 foot tall Buddhas and other enlightened figures,
made from metal, maybe bronze or gold or something. I took some pictures,
but they did not turn out. 

You can't miss it.