Buddhist temples and Shintō shrines in Japan double as strolling parks for local people and visitors. When our son the IT executive and innovator comes from Tōkyō, I take him to places like this shrine in nearby Kyōto Prefecture. See the captions for more details.

Publications and projects as a Professor in Japan: https://japanned.hcommons.org

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