This was one of the supporting structures within the Todaiji Temple in Nara. The story goes that the hole in this support was the same size as the nostril in the Buddha. Crawling through it was supposed to ensure a long and healthy life. None of us crawled through it.
Another picture of Dirk and Sara.
Before we left on our all-day bus tour of Kyoto, we noticed this replica (in macaroni, no less) of one of the Gion festival floats.
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