Toshiya archery tournament at Sanjusangendo temple, by Prado
Their is always something I find magical in archery. Quiet concentration, mouvements, I could watch archers for hours.
Symbol of good luck and goodness piercing evil, arrows have been associated with celebrations for long in Japan. Toshiya, a big Kyudo tournament organised after New Year in Kyoto, is a good example.
For the past 50 years, Jim Phillips has been collecting shed antlers, having a total of around 14,500. In cold climates, antlers shed yearly. He displays them in a 30 x 64 foot building which he constructed specifically for this purpose.
