Oh, how I miss those religious places in Kyoto... Mind you, you did nature a service by finding a place where electricity poles and lines weren't part of the skyline.
PS Commenting in terms of image effectiveness, which is in effect what I am about to do, that's an effective effect for this image.
PPS Apologies for being absent on Skype last Wednesday. Excessive marking and a broken watch (incidentally, it's the one you purchased on my behalf) ensured that my attention and physical/virtual presence was elsewhere. Sorry, mate.