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Nov 16 2015 12 Comments

A lovely Japanese chapel

Surprisingly, amidst the rice fields and farmhouses, what appeared to be a rather nice chapel slowly came into view.

lovely Japanese chapel

And, as we got a little closer, our expectations were confirmed — it was indeed lovely.

lovely Japanese chapel

Categorized: Photography, Religion

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  1. Martin says

    11/16/2015 at 9:00 am

    Lovely photograph.

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    • Lee says

      11/16/2015 at 9:59 am

      Thanks, that’s a lovely thing to say.

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  2. d. minnis says

    11/16/2015 at 11:47 am

    And a lovely smile appeared on my face as I read the comments…thanks guys.

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    • Lee says

      11/16/2015 at 4:39 pm

      Happy to hear it!

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  3. Hans ter Horst says

    11/16/2015 at 9:09 pm

    Right, I think they just wanted to make sure that nobody mistook it for a ‘pretty plain chapel’ and stuck that name on it. 🙂
    I found a youtube video so we can also see a little bit of the inside of this happy clappers church: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0eEgvBT2fs

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    • Lee says

      11/17/2015 at 11:54 am

      Yes, lovely really is pushing it a bit, isn’t it?

      Excellent. Hadn’t even though about looking for a video or images of the inside. Cheers. Very interesting, and not at all what I would have expected.

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  4. Taki says

    11/17/2015 at 1:09 pm

    Even having lived in Japan for 5 years, that may be the first modern church I’ve ever seen. Certainly the largest

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    • Lee says

      11/17/2015 at 9:23 pm

      Rare things eh? And yes, even rarer to see them as large as this one.

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  5. Video Ichiban says

    11/25/2015 at 4:41 pm

    Some research shows that it’s in Toride, Ibaraki. It’s most lovely part of the country.

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    • Lee says

      11/26/2015 at 11:25 am

      Yeah, went up there for a few days. Enjoyed it. Found a few interesting things too; the lovely chapel being one of them.

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  6. Video Ichiban says

    12/3/2015 at 9:24 pm

    I’ve been through Moriya many times but sadly not yet through Toride itself. I’ve heard that it’s lovely though.

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  7. kea keng law says

    10/24/2018 at 2:48 pm

    Saw this beautiful chapel on the train – Joban line, not managed to snap the photo, did a bit of google and found here, thanks for sharing and took the picture for me three years ago.

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