Show Navigation

Search Results

Refine Search
Match all words
Match any word
Prints
Personal Use
Royalty-Free
Rights-Managed
(leave unchecked to
search all images)
{ 70 images found }

Loading ()...

  • Cherry blossoms at Myouchuuji monastery of esoteric Buddhism.<br />
Obama city is a city on the Japan sea and has become quite famous during the US elections when Obama was elected president of the US, as they campaigned for him. The city has many Buddhist temples as it is on the route that Buddhism followed on its way to Japan.
    OBAMA_2798.jpg
  • Cherry blossoms at Myouchuuji monastery of esoteric Buddhism near Obama city in Fukui prefecture on the Japan sea. Japan
    OBAMA_2858.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Shaving..One day every week is the day off, when the monks have time to take care of them selves. .
    HOSSHINJI 26.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Working as part of the monastic practice or "everyday life Zazen" as they call it.
    HOSSHINJI 13.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Monks on the way for lunch. Each monk is using 3 bowls for the meals. They keep them in their rooms one inside the other and covered with a towel, until they lift them up to bring them at the table.
    HOSSHINJI 24.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Working as part of the monastic practice or "everyday life Zazen" as they call it.
    HOSSHINJI 12.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..After breakfast everyone is given work "soji" to do as part of the monastic practice, as the "Zazen in everyday life".
    HOSSHINJI 11.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Monk's robes, bags and hats, waiting for them to wear them when they go for "takuhatsu". .That is how is called the visit they make to the houses of their community, telling prayers and collecting offerings for the monastery.
    HOSSHINJI 01.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Monks' sandals.
    HOSSHINJI 32.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Small ceremony for the washing of Buddha's handkerchief.
    HOSSHINJI 31.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Rehearsing the ceremony for Buddha's birthday.
    HOSSHINJI 30.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Rehearsing the ceremony for Buddha's birthday.
    HOSSHINJI 29.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Preparing the table for lunch. Eating is also part of the practice and the monks have to follow certain very strict rules. It is considered to have equal importance with Zazen meditation.
    HOSSHINJI 22.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Monk and nun in the kitchen, preparing lunch..The monastery is mixed and men and women take equal part in the practice..
    HOSSHINJI 21.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Nun in the kitchen preparing lunch.
    HOSSHINJI 20.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Hoshinji monastery of Soto Zen Buddhism as seen from the front garden.
    HOSSHINJI 19.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..A small break for tea between the work hours.
    HOSSHINJI 17.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Working as part of the monastic practice or "everyday life Zazen" as they call it.
    HOSSHINJI 15.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Working as part of the monastic practice or "everyday life Zazen" as they call it.
    HOSSHINJI 14.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Harada Soogaku (middle) was the 1st abbot of the monastery in 1920. There were 60 monks living in the monastery at his time.
    HOSSHINJI 10.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Monk practicing on the bells to be ready to play as part of a ceremony.
    HOSSHINJI 09.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Foreign visitors taking part to the morning sutra service. Hoshinji is one of the first monasteries of Soto Zen Buddhism, to become very popular to western scholars of Zen.
    HOSSHINJI 08.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Morning sutra service.
    HOSSHINJI 07.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Morning sutra service.
    HOSSHINJI 06.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Working as part of the monastic practice or "everyday life Zazen" as they call it.
    HOSSHINJI 12.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Shaving..One day every week is the day off, when the monks have time to take care of them selves. .
    HOSSHINJI 28.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Nuns shaving their heads..One day every week is the day off, when the monks have time to take care of them selves. .
    HOSSHINJI 27.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Names of the families that sponsor the monastery.
    HOSSHINJI 25.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Monk returning from a ceremony for the dead at the graveyard of the monastery..One of the main services the monastery offers to the local community is performing ceremonies for the dead..
    HOSSHINJI 18.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Moss garden at the backside of the monastery.
    HOSSHINJI 16.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..A German who became the monk Shoodoo, hitting the drum to call for the morning sutra service.
    HOSSHINJI 05.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Monks in "Zazen" meditation position in the Zento
    HOSSHINJI 04.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Monk in "Zazen" meditation position in the Zento.
    HOSSHINJI 02.jpg
  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Soojii ringing the bell that calls everyone to have lunch.
    HOSSHINJI 23.jpg
  • Train tracks runnning through Obama city.<br />
Obama city is a city on the Japan sea and has become quite famous during the US elections when Obama was elected president of the US, as they campaigned for him. The city has many Buddhist temples as it is on the route that Buddhism followed on its way to Japan.
    032_SlowTravel_2748.jpg
  • Obama station.<br />
Obama city is a city on the Japan sea and has become quite famous during the US elections when Obama was elected president of the US, as they campaigned for him. The city has many Buddhist temples as it is on the route that Buddhism followed on its way to Japan.
    031_SlowTravel_2736.jpg
  • Train tracks runnning through Obama city.<br />
Obama city is a city on the Japan sea and has become quite famous during the US elections when Obama was elected president of the US, as they campaigned for him. The city has many Buddhist temples as it is on the route that Buddhism followed on its way to Japan.
    033_SlowTravel_2756.jpg
  • Obama station.<br />
Obama city is a city on the Japan sea and has become quite famous during the US elections when Obama was elected president of the US, as they campaigned for him. The city has many Buddhist temples as it is on the route that Buddhism followed on its way to Japan.
    030_SlowTravel_2724.jpg
  • Graveyard overlooking the city at Hosshinji zen monastery. <br />
Obama city is a city on the Japan sea and has become quite famous during the US elections when Obama was elected president of the US, as they campaigned for him. The city has many Buddhist temples as it is on the route that Buddhism followed on its way to Japan.
    035_SlowTravel_2777.jpg
  • Monk at Myouchuuji monastery of esoteric Buddhism.<br />
Obama city is a city on the Japan sea and has become quite famous during the US elections when Obama was elected president of the US, as they campaigned for him. The city has many Buddhist temples as it is on the route that Buddhism followed on its way to Japan.
    041_SlowTravel_2850.jpg
  • Moss at Myouchuuji monastery of esoteric Buddhism.<br />
Obama city is a city on the Japan sea and has become quite famous during the US elections when Obama was elected president of the US, as they campaigned for him. The city has many Buddhist temples as it is on the route that Buddhism followed on its way to Japan.
    037_SlowTravel_2807.jpg
  • Cherry blossoms at Myouchuuji monastery of esoteric Buddhism.<br />
Obama city is a city on the Japan sea and has become quite famous during the US elections when Obama was elected president of the US, as they campaigned for him. The city has many Buddhist temples as it is on the route that Buddhism followed on its way to Japan.
    036_SlowTravel_2798.jpg
  • Entrance of Hosshinji zen monastery. <br />
Obama city is a city on the Japan sea and has become quite famous during the US elections when Obama was elected president of the US, as they campaigned for him. The city has many Buddhist temples as it is on the route that Buddhism followed on its way to Japan.
    034_SlowTravel_2765.jpg
  • Myouchuuji monastery of esoteric Buddhism.<br />
Obama city is a city on the Japan sea and has become quite famous during the US elections when Obama was elected president of the US, as they campaigned for him. The city has many Buddhist temples as it is on the route that Buddhism followed on its way to Japan.
    042_SlowTravel_2857.jpg
  • Pagoda at Myouchuuji monastery of esoteric Buddhism.<br />
Obama city is a city on the Japan sea and has become quite famous during the US elections when Obama was elected president of the US, as they campaigned for him. The city has many Buddhist temples as it is on the route that Buddhism followed on its way to Japan.
    039_SlowTravel_2841.jpg
  • Garden at Myouchuuji monastery of esoteric Buddhism.<br />
Obama city is a city on the Japan sea and has become quite famous during the US elections when Obama was elected president of the US, as they campaigned for him. The city has many Buddhist temples as it is on the route that Buddhism followed on its way to Japan.
    038_SlowTravel_2822.jpg
  • Pagoda at Myouchuuji monastery of esoteric Buddhism.<br />
Obama city is a city on the Japan sea and has become quite famous during the US elections when Obama was elected president of the US, as they campaigned for him. The city has many Buddhist temples as it is on the route that Buddhism followed on its way to Japan.
    040_SlowTravel_2848.jpg
  • Cherry blossoms at Myouchuuji monastery of esoteric Buddhism near Obama city in Fukui prefecture on the Japan sea. Japan
    043_SlowTravel_2858.jpg
  • From Nagoya to Obama
    029_SlowTravel_2716.jpg
  • From Obama to Kyoto.
    047_SlowTravel_2942.jpg
  • From Obama to Kyoto passing by Lake Biwa
    046_SlowTravel_2916.jpg
  • From Obama to Kyoto passing by Lake Biwa
    044_SlowTravel_2888.jpg
  • From Nagoya to Obama
    027_SlowTravel_2668.jpg
  • Cherry blossoms as seen through the train window during a rainy day while travelling from Nagoya to Obama.
    TRAIN_2701.jpg
  • From Obama to Kyoto passing by Lake Biwa
    045_SlowTravel_2901.jpg
  • From Nagoya to Obama. Cherry blossoms
    028_SlowTravel_2701.jpg
  • From Kyoto to Tokyo
    058_SlowTravel_3326.jpg
  • View from a cafe in Kyoto
    055_SlowTravel_3247.jpg
  • Butoh Dancer at Fushimi Inari shrine in Kyoto
    050_SlowTravel_3075.jpg
  • From Kyoto to Tokyo
    062_SlowTravel_3367.jpg
  • From Kyoto to Tokyo
    061_SlowTravel_3363.jpg
  • From Kyoto to Tokyo
    060_SlowTravel_3351.jpg
  • From Kyoto to Tokyo
    057_SlowTravel_3313.jpg
  • Entrance of restaurant in Kyoto
    056_SlowTravel_3251.jpg
  • Restaurant In Kyoto
    054_SlowTravel_3244.jpg
  • Kokedera temple in Kyoto
    051_SlowTravel_3138.jpg
  • From Kyoto to Tokyo. Arriving in Tokyo
    063_SlowTravel_3413.jpg
  • From Kyoto to Tokyo
    059_SlowTravel_3329.jpg
  • Torii gates at Fushimi Inari shrine in Kyoto
    048_SlowTravel_2994.jpg
  • Kokedera temple in Kyoto
    KYOTO_3138.jpg
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
x

androniki christodoulou PHOTOGRAPHY

  • PORTFOLIO
  • VIDEO
  • PHOTO FEATURES +
    • All Galleries
    • Search
    • Cart
    • Lightbox
    • Client Area
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT