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Goshuin identification 2013/6/17 22:24
Hi,
I got several goshuin from temples in Japan though I have lost my note of which temples I visited. I managed to recognize some but there are still some mysteries. I hope you can help me recognize them somehow.

1 (5) - Shrine in Noboribetsu
http://oi41.tinypic.com/2ce1yqt.jpg

2 (9) - Somewhere in Tokyo or it's surroundings (it was stamped between a visit to Meiji and Sensoji temple)
http://oi43.tinypic.com/10pzytz.jpg

3 (11) - Probably Tokyo too.
http://oi42.tinypic.com/243qfsm.jpg

(Someone of them might be Bentendo which I got a stamp from but have not yet found in the stamp book)

by Ben (guest)  

Re: Goshuin identification 2013/6/18 10:44
Great, my friend! (kindred minds? I'm unsure...)

1.“’āV_ŽÐ (Yuzawa shrine)
I've never been there, but this is very easy to read.
2.•Ųā“V (Benten-do) in Shonobazu Pond at Ueno.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id6HgIjK-4s
3.ó‘_ŽÐ (Asakusa shrine) in Sensou-ji temple.
http://www.asakusajinja.jp/mikoblog/?p=559

BTW, you can note the name or number lightly in pencil at the foot of a page even in advance, it's not implode, because some is really hard to read...
by ajapaneseboy rate this post as useful

Re: Goshuin identification 2013/6/18 16:05
Thank you friend!

The memory comes back to me now. I completely forgot the visit to the shrine beside Asakusa. I know some are hard to read, especially the one that covers the entire page with caligraphy.
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Re: Goshuin identification 2013/6/18 17:00
Yes, though the caligraphy is so beautiful.
My girl friend is a great goshuin collector,
but she sometimes ask me "this is... umm... which temple did we visit then?"
Some are still unidentified for us.

Sorry, I made many typos...(x_x;
"Shinobazu Pond", "at the foot of the page", "it's not impolite"
and "some are"...English grammar often bullies me.
BTW, I love mystery novels very much, like G.K.Chesterton, D.L.Sayers, E.Q., J.H.Watson and so on.
But I didn't know "be mystery" means "be unknown".(^-^;
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