Booklets 1 & 2


locations of my stamp collection

Booklet #0

Booklet

Goshuin from Gotokuji temple
Goshuin from Asakusajinja, Asakusa
Goshuin from Afuri shrine at Mt. Oyama
Goshuin from Sensoji, Asakusa
Goshuin from Tsukuba shrine
Goshuin from Musashi Mitake shrine

中秋の名月

Booklet

I got a new shuincho from Zojoji temple in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Apart from stanning black and red patterns, it features the crest of the Tokugawa clan.

Time for a new, wooden shuincho with one of the iconic views of Mt. Fuji (36 views of Mt. Fuji from the famous ukiyo-e painter Hokusai) from Usitenjin Kitano shrine (牛天神北野神社). Front and back side of the booklet show the two halves of the view from Koishikawa tea house on a snowy morning (礫川 雪の旦).

There was an interesting case of syncretism, where a Buddhist temple put a cute Santa Claus on its stamp.