shitennoji temple, osaka, japan

architecture asia asian bamboo brass bridge bronze buddhism buddhist building buildings chozuya cleansing colorful copper cultural culture door entrance exterior five gold green hammer heritage historical history horizontal japan kanji kannon kansai ladle landmark landscape lantern mallet old oldest orange osaka outdoors pagoda prayers praying red religion religious ritual river roof rope sacred shinto shitenno shitennoji shrine sky statue stone storied symbol symbolic temizuya temple tiles torii tourism tradition traditional travel tree trees vermilion wood wooden worship