Apr 26, 2015
The massive Niomon gate (仁王門) of Kannon-ji (山崎聖天) on the slopes of Mt.Tennōzan (天王山) in Yamasaki, Kyoto-fu. You have to climb some steep steps to get there. Niō (仁王), are two wrath-filled and muscular guardians of the Buddha, standing today at the entrance of many Buddhist temples all across Asia including China, Japan and Korea in the form of frightening wrestler-like statues.