Wonderful post Az. Beautiful temple! The dragon statue looks similar to one at a shrine by my wife's hometown, Nanataki, https://steemit.com/japan/@rt395/travel-tuesdays-17-winter-wonderland-at-nanataki-waterfall-and-shrine-in-kosaka-japan
Resteemed.
Thank you!The Nanataki shrine is beautiful too.
The place looks very cold. It is Akita Prefecture, isn't it?
Yes, Akita ken, Kosaka-shi.