These carvings were placed at the entrance to a Korean village to ward off evil spirits. The hair/top is the root system of a tree. At the National Folk Museum Seoul, Korea.
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- Scorpion metal kit series
- Soda Can Robug
- Airplane at Narita Airport
- Equipment to cleansing the buttocks with warm water
- No Smorking on Tokyo street
- Wavy building in Tokyo
- Early morning visit to Hanazono Shrine
- Blogging on my trip to Korea and Japan
- I will miss Don Quixote in Shinjuku
- Tokyo Hand Yokohama
- No cute blue puppies with red spots in the mall
- No balloons in the mall
- No radical skateboard moves in the mall
- There is a clock on the ferris wheel, so that you ...
- Waiting in line for the pachinko parlor on a Satur...
- Kaiten Sushi in Asakusa
- Enjoying monkey-faced candy on the train from Nikk...
- Nikko Beer
- Thick white noogles
- Shinkyo Sacred Bridge
- Stone lantern offering at the Nikko shrines and te...
- It is never a good idea to make the gods angry, as...
- Elephants at the Nikko shrines and temples
- Me at Tosho-gu Shrine
- Don't throw the coin into the sacred spring
- Combination ticket sign at Tosho-gu Shrine
- All you need is love emas at the Tosho-gu shrine
- Metal lantern at Tosho-gu Shrine
- Fern stone lantern at Tosho-gu Shrine
- Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil on the Sh...
- Tickets for Nikko's shrines and temples
- Shoyo-en Edo period garden
- Nikko 543 m above the sea
- There is always a line at the Shinjuku Krispy Krem...
- Can a person be in love with a store?
- Pocari Sweat water bottle in Tokyo
- Black cotton swab
- Me eating whale meat in a can in Tokyo
- Me eating whale jerky in Tokyo
- Rediscovering the whale meat shop and restaurant i...
- Awning at Nakamise-dori in Akasuka
- Latin terminology of specimens at the Meguro Paras...
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- I think this is worms in the brain of a dolphin at...
- Fish parasites at the Meguro Parasitological Museum
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- Important parasites in man at the Meguro Parasitol...
- RanKing RanQueen Shinjuku Tokyo 2009
- Interesting Gorilla Keychain found at Don Quixote ...
- Woke up late and not feeling well in Tokyo
- There is always room for pie in Tokyo
- Five-story pagoda at Senso Temple at night
- Hozo-mon Gate at night
- Me in front of Kaminarimon at night Tokyo 2009
- Like Jello in a can
- Hachinko statue redux Tokyo 2009
- Mandarake the biggest anime manga shop of Japan
- RanKing RanQueen Tokyo 2009
- This way for Sunshine
- Propping things against the platform doors in the ...
- McDonald's Tamago Double Mac
- McDonald's McHotDog Mega Sausage
- McDonald's McHotDog Classic
- If there is alot of head on your beer, then you mu...
- Kirin City bar food
- My favorite conveyor belt sushi bar in Tokyo, Japan
- My hotel in Seoul does not have a fourth floor
- Come for the Chicken, stay for the Hof
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- It will kick your (C)ass if you drink too much
- Tiny anchovies with your kimchi
- Beep stock soup
- Roasted then pork chops in Seoul
- Broth to relieve the hangover in Seoul
- Mt Dobongsan reflected on the Church of the Sermon...
- Mt Dobongsan trail
- Buddhist temple complex on Mt Dobongsan
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- Pain Clinic
- Steamed rice covered with pond snail and cabbage leaf
- Janganmun at Hwaseong Fortress
- Me in front of Changnyongmun at Hwaseong Fortress
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- Failing off the ridge of Hwaseong Fortress
- Dongbuk Gongsimdon at Hwaseong Fortress
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- Rice chest experience
- Warriors fighting at Haenggung
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- Fish scale armor on warrior at Haenggung
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- Why my hotel in Seoul continues to remind me of La...
- Octopus and squid dish in Seoul
- Kimchi in Seoul
- Ow my hand, Ow my arm
- Entering one of the Hongik University subway entra...
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