Stairs, yo.

Picture 124
Originally uploaded by rawhite.

Stairs at a Shrine or Temple (I can never remember which was which, I think this was a shrine though, which makes it Shinto) near the NHK (the BBC of Japan) museum. That sentence had too many parentheses but I'm not turning back now. Anyway, this picture was taken after descending the stairs, which seemed to be at a very high angle. I don't remember how many steps it was, but we were told that people take their children here and carry them up the stairs as a ritual that is supposed to make career advancement more likely for the child in the future.