Woman Praying in Fukuoka

This photo was taken in downtown Fukuoka, Japan near the Hakata district in 2007. Fukuoka is a fascinating city of 2.5 million people. This temple is nestled into downtown seamlessly despite being surrounded by large buildings. Old meeting new is a particularly interesting part of enigmatic Japan as a thousand years of culture and tradition meshes with the hustle and bustle of modern times.