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

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