Adashino Nembutsuji

Adashino NembutsujiAdashino Nembutsuji (化野念仏寺)is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. Situated high on a hill overlooking the city from the northwest, it sits on the site of a graveyard where people formerly abandoned the bodies of the dead, exposing them to the wind and rain.

Now, countless thousands of Buddhist statuettes memorialize the souls of the dead.

buddha monk

buddha monk