Meanings

religious buildings (temples, shrines, pagodas, etc.)

dining hall at a Zen temple or monastery

volunteer-run cafeteria providing free or inexpensive meals to children and others in need

(Catholic) church

feral pigeon

outer roofed structure for protecting cultural assets and historic sites

small building used for worship or sutra chanting (located in front of the main hall of a Buddhist temple)

Junkudo (bookstore chain)

Ito-Yokado (retail chain)

Kyoto Prefectural Insho-domoto Museum of Fire Arts

Sanseido (publisher)

Shiseido (Japanese cosmetics firm)

Junkudo (Japanese bookstore chain)

Juntendo University

Shinseido (Japanese book, music and sporting goods retail chain)

Murakami Corporation

Nikaido Museum

Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living

Nintendo

Seibundo Shinkosha (publishing company based in Tokyo)