The Giant Lion Head from Namba - via A Japan Photo per Day -Namba Yasaka Shrine, Osaka
If you visit the Namba district from Osaka, one of the most exotic food
places in Japan, take a half-hour detour to admire a unique shrine, with
a very special architecture: called
Namba Yasaka,
this little Shinto shrine features a stage located… in the mouth of a
huge, 12-meters-tall lion head - about the size of a 4 stories building.
The role of the giant head is, like any other
koma-inu, to protect the shrine against evil spirits…
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