buddha statues with knitted colorful hat offerings along stairs at the temple diasho-in in miyajima, hiroshima, japan

500 ancient asia buddha buddhism buddhist cap carved culture daishoin destination disciple expressions facial faith garden hat hiroshima historic itsukushima japan japanese knit knitted landmark miyajima offering park path peaceful religion religious sculpture shakyamuni shingon shintoism shrine sitting spiritual spirituality stairs statue statues stone temple tourism tradition traditional travel worship