A religious experience

Highschool students on a field trip to Todaiji. It wa nice to see a bunch of highschool students having a good time. We mostly hear about how hard Japanese school is and how most students attend cram schools. But from what I have seen and heard it s not as bad as we make it out to be. They still get to go on cool fieldtrips like this. Another thing that is significant is the school uniform. While I was at Todaiji, I saw many different uniforms. Each school has its own uniform and so one can use these uniforms to identify what school they go to. Based on what school they attend you could also infer where they live or even how much income their parents make.

A man lighting incense while his family waits. This was shot at Todaiji which is Japan's largest wooden structure and house the largest statue of Buddha. For some it seemed to be somewhat of religious experience, but most people were here as tourists. I saw many people light incense, but were the lighting just because it was there and its the tourist thing or were the lightning it for religious reasons? Most Japanese would say that they are not religious, but many perform rituals such as this. I find it very interesting that despite saying that they are not religious, they still engage and religious rituals.