Photo album Japan: Antaiji Zen Monastery and Osaka
83 photos taken on 2006-08-17. This photo album is copyright free, public domain. Travel photos and videos by Päivi and Santeri Kannisto.
Big in Japan
2006-08-17
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Waiting room in Niigata railway station, Japan. There was a radio show
2006-08-17
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The kimono
2006-08-18
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The bath
2006-08-18
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Showers are located around the jacuzzi in Japanese spas
2006-08-18
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To the bath
2006-08-18
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Santeri doing horizontal meditation
2006-08-18
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Ready for the tea ceremony
2006-08-18
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A chair in our hotel room
2006-08-18
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Some slippers. Blue ones are to be used inside, brown ones outside
2006-08-18
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Entrance to a Japanese bath
2006-08-18
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Putting on a kimono in a hotel in Hamasaka
2006-08-18
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Our first night in Japan, Niigata. We slept in the railway station
2006-08-18
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Päivi sleeping on futon
2006-08-19
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There are two kinds of toilets in Japan, traditional and ultra-modern with electric seats
2006-08-19
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Päivi's pants after a day of work in the rice fields
2006-08-21
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The vegetable garden that Santeri weeded
2006-08-21
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Hondo's main entrance
2006-08-21
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Washing machines
2006-08-21
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A Japanese toilet
2006-08-21
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Working gloves
2006-08-21
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Harri (from Finland) doing horizontal meditation
2006-08-21
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Worshipping the God of Toilet
2006-08-21
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Zafu = pillow used under ass when sitting
2006-08-21
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Dinner is served by Tenzo
2006-08-21
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Dishwashing sinks
2006-08-21
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Computer corner with a pc and internet dial-up
2006-08-21
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The zazen sitting room called Hondo
2006-08-21
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Isaac (from the US) doing horizontal meditation
2006-08-21
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On the left Mary from the US, working as the cook (Tenzo)
2006-08-21
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Antaiji had lots of modern vehicles and tools
2006-08-21
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Päivi and the bell that is used to call monks to zazen
2006-08-21
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Sitting places in Hondo (the temple). Everyone sits facing the wall
2006-08-21
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Antaiji dining room
2006-08-21
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Bathroom reserved for women
2006-08-21
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Antaiji is located in the mountains
2006-08-21
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There were clocks and calendars everywhere
2006-08-21
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Men's quarters on the 2nd floor
2006-08-21
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The temple (Hondo) used for sitting (zazen)
2006-08-21
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Oryoki set, used for complicated eating
2006-08-21
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Päivi's favourite: rice fields
2006-08-21
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Our friend Rieko from Yokohama
2006-08-21
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Resting and smoking area
2006-08-21
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Rice is sorted manually
2006-08-21
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Showers
2006-08-21
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Rice sorting
2006-08-21
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Rubber boots
2006-08-21
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A sitting place with pillow called 'zafu'. You sit there 4 hours a day
2006-08-21
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Santeri's working clothes
2006-08-21
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Sitting order, eating order and daily schedule
2006-08-21
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The Hondo
2006-08-21
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The clock that signals the end of zazen and the bell that is used for signalling
2006-08-21
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Antaiji library
2006-08-21
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Stove
2006-08-21
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The altar in Hondo
2006-08-21
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Kyosaku, used for hitting those who sleep during zazen
2006-08-21
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The bathroom
2006-08-21
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Santeri worked in the herb garden
2006-08-21
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Kitchen shelf
2006-08-21
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Informal eating place
2006-08-21
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Päivi's room in Antaiji
2006-08-21
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A view to the kitchen from the dining room
2006-08-21
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Päivi's room
2006-08-21
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A river near Antaiji in Kutoyama
2006-08-22
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For us it was a shameful disgrace
2006-08-22
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The TV program will be a talkshow making fun of Antaiji
2006-08-22
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The TV (s)crew arrives in Antaiji
2006-08-22
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Martin from the Chech Republic
2006-08-22
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They filmed everyone without permission and we were quite pissed off
2006-08-22
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They disturbed eating, sitting, and working
2006-08-22
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From the left Mateus from Poland, Wako from Japan, and Daishin from Germany
2006-08-22
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Amanda from Switzerland
2006-08-22
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A Japanese TV crew was invited to visit Antaiji by the abbot
2006-08-22
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A wishing tree including wishes like go-go girls, supermodels, sake shop, and sauna
2006-08-22
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We entered and left Antaiji because of love
2006-08-22
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Our tutor and Päivi's roommate Jikai from Australia
2006-08-22
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Evening falls, Osaka
2006-08-23
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Päivi and sushi
2006-08-23
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Funny-looking eatery
2006-08-23
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In a restaurant in Osaka
2006-08-23
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Lots of people
2006-08-23
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Vertical carousel in Osaka
2006-08-23
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Osaka street view
2006-08-23
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