First day in Kyoto #Kyoto #Japan #Shrines #Travel

I expected some Torii gates along the trail to the top of the mountain at the Fushimi Inari Taisha Shinto Shrine in #Kyoto, #Japan, but not the many thousands of them! For #PalacesAndGardens #UnexpectedEncounters.

#EastCoastKin #trail #hiking #shrines #mountains

Link (donning the Tunic of the Wild, holding the cap): I FINALLY DID IT!!! I beat all the Shrines and got the classic green tunic! It's good to see this funny hat again- The Cap of the Wild suddenly sprouts razor sharp teeth along the lip in a SHING. The cap leaps up at Link, viscously chomping at his head as he screams his head off. Link proceeds to stand in a stupor, only saying "uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" very weakly as the cap sucks on his noggin.

598 - Worm Hat
I know brain worms are a thing, but this is a bit too literal
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Shrines #complete #allofthem #rewards #armor #TunicOfTheWild #classic #Linkscap #worm #monster #braineating #thatiswhatitlookslike

Link (overlooking the Shrine in the depths of Hyrule Castle): This is it! The last Shrine in the game (before DLC)! And just what challenge did I save for last? Link: Lighting a torch. (yes, just that)

597 - A Beacon of Hope
The one Shrine they tucked away in the final dungeon, and it's this
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #HyruleCastle #Shrines #ShrineQuest #thelastone #finalchallenge #torch #lightit #thatsit #endonawhimper #keepitsimple

Zelda (voice over): Link, a Blood Moon rises over Hyrule once again! All slain monsters will rise and walk the earth as if death never came! Please be careful when- Link (joyously tearing his clothes off as Hallelujah sings in the background): YES!!! FINALLY!!! I'M FINALLY FREE!!! AH-HA!!!

595 - It Can FINALLY End!
This comic does not adequately describe just how long I spent sitting around waiting for this damn blood moon!
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #bloodmoon #rises #dangerous #exceptnot #Shrines #ShrineQuest #justwhatineeded #finally #itsover #aftersolong #sweetrelief

Goron: ANOTHER CARAVAN HAS BEEN ATTACKED!!! Hylian: BUT THE HERO'S BACK!!! HE'LL BE LIBERATING HYRULE CASTLE ANY MOMENT NOW, I'M SURE!!! Link (angrily standing on the Shrine platform in his underwear): I'm gonna do it! I'm gonna stay right here, right at this very spot, until I get a goddamn Blood Moon! I don't care how long it's gonna take, I don't care if Ganon leaves the castle and kills everything, I want the fucking classic tunic already!

594 - I'm Holding Out For a Hero For Quite a While
I don't think the ancient Sheikah considering how much time would be a factor in the future
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #calamity #armagedon #needahero #hewillsaveus #anyminutenow #exceptnot #Shrines #ShrineQuest #bloodmoon #stillwaiting

Link (ready with a Sheikah Slate): Alright, got another of these ball dropping Shrines. I think I got the timing down, now let's see if I got the ball over the switch- Link proceeds to be crushed by a giant ball, a bloody SPLAT ringing through the Shrine.

592 - Drop It Right Now! DROP IT!
God I wish this was possible
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Shrines #puzzles #giantballs #guideit #SheikahSlate #makeapath #offcourse #hitme #splat #whatif

Korgu Chideh: To you who has conquered the challenge and opened this Shrine, I reward you with- An arrow is shot right into the monk's face. Link (fuming near the entrance): Stupid ass island challenge, making me miss the Blood Moon to open the other stupid Shrine! Had enough of this shit!

589 - A Bitter-Sweet Victory
It's not you or your Shrine, Korgu Chideh, it's just the timing of it all
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Shrines #ShrineQuest #EventideIsland #complete #cantevencelebrate #tooangry #bloodmoon #missedit #forsomethingelse #worstpossibletiming

Link (covered in blood and sweat): Okay, the Hinox is dead (somehow), now to find the other orbs... The Blood Moon rises over Hyrule (all while Link is stuck on Eventide Island working on the Shrine Quest there). Link: ... WHAT THE FUCK!?! AND WHILE I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A THING!?!

588 - Blood Moon (and pressure) Rising
The rage I felt that day
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Shrines #ShrineQuest #EventideIsland #bloodmoon #finallyhappened #worstpossibletiming #busy #cantactonit #frustration

Korgu Chideh (overlooking Eventide Island): To open the Shrine on this island, you must find the three orbs used to open the path while traversing the dangerous beasts that dwell here. The big catch: you cannot bring any of your weapons and armor, only your Sheikah Slate. Link (already nude): Oh no, I'm gonna lose all of my shit just by going to this island? Oh the huge manatee! Link (with a rock hiding all of Link's weapons in view): How will I be able to make up for all the lost goods I've built up over my adventure? There's no way I could possibly cheat the system for when I finish! No way whatsoever. None at all.

586 - What We Call a "Pro Gamer Move"
An early warning from my brothers helped me get a leg up on this challenge
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Shrines #ShrineQuest #EventideIsland #treasurehunt #findtheitems #noweapons #noarmor #nogear #totallyexposed #cheat #hidethem #saveforlater #wontlosethem

Stephen (on his computer): Okay, so according to the Internet, I can trigger a Blood Moon in Breath of the Wild by killing a bunch of enemies until it happens. Link (covered in the blood of countless dead monsters): If mass murder won't open the Shrine, I'll burn the Internet to the ground, I swear to Moses!

585 - The Internet Never Lies!
I can't have been the only one relying on the deceitful Internet to find out how to cheat this
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Shrines #ShrineQuest #takingtoolong #bloodmoon #trigger #cheats #internet #lookitup #guide #heresoneway #tryit #notworking

The main shrine at Jakko Falls.

A winding stone stairs crawls up a hillside to Wakako Shrine along a hill studded with Japanese cedar.

This is pure magic.

#nikko #shrines #japan

So this is that one Apparatus Shrine where you flip a giant, funky looking walkway around, and you need to move it so a clear stairway up is made for you to climb. Link (walking on the corner of the edge of the walkway at an upward angle): Meh, this is good enough.

583 - The Angle of the Dangle
Cuz who has the patience to do these apparatus puzzles correctly?
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Shrines #puzzles #apparatus #motioncontrols #pathway #stairs #makeitclear #climbup #alternative #outsidethebox #itworks #playlamewingame

Link enters the darkened part of northern Hyrule to take on the Shrine Quest in the pitch-black maze. It is too dark to see anything. Link: Okay, might as well get this mess over and done with. A maze in darkness over a tar pit, how fun. Link: I guess this is a step up from Vah Rudania, but still not a desired situation to be in. (I'm blind enough in real life!) Link: No wait, I have a torch! Cool, that should make this way easier! Link the lights the torch, unaware of the Blue Hinox towering over him at this very moment.

582 - Follow You Into the Dark
In retrospect, I may have been a bit too harsh on this challenge, it's just a little scawy
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #GreatHyruleForest #Shrines #ShrineQuest #darkness #pitchblack #findyourway #toodarktosee #blind #torch #lighttheway #miniboss #Hinox #surpriseattack

Link (holding a road map of Hyrule): I'm so G-D close to getting all of these freakin' Shrines. I just know it! The map is too full of found Shrines for me not to be close! Link (overlooking the vague map with Shrine markers on it, with a marker for him labeled "Here be me" somewhere to the side): Although bouncing all over Hyrule to all the different regions wasn't too smart, considering how spaced out the remaining Shrines are.

581 - Diminishing Returns
Yeah, sticking to one region at a time would've been better, I think
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Shrines #completion #findthemall #onlyafewleft #gottabeclose #map #checkeverywhere #hindsight #notoptimal #allovertheplace

Link (over a depiction of a Nakey (naked) Link, with a censor bar labeled "gross" over him, standing under a Blood Moon): To open this Shrine, I must stand on this platform in the buff during a Blood Moon. Link (removing his Climber's Bandana): Interesting choice of side quest. Guess I'll get this one over with. And thus began Link's journey in dealing with the single worst Shrine Quest in the entirety of the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Link (in the distance, as Kass plays his accordion off-screen): Any minute now...

578 - Prepare For the Literal Worst
Fuck the Mijah Rokee Shrine Quest!!! And the Shrine winds up being another Test of Strength!!!
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Shrines #ShrineQuest #CentralHyule #WashasBluff #bloodmoon #noarmor #thewaitinggame #onlythebeginning #worstpart

Link: I've been at this Shrine hunting gig for hours now. I really just wanna get to the end, but that classic green tunic calls to my neuroticism. Link (looking more chill): But hey, I've found so many now. I have to be getting close to the end! Link (having a realization): But wait... that means there're fewer Shrines. Link (looking done with this shit): Meaning it's going to be a bitch and a half to find the last of them. Ugh!

573 - Counting Down the Moments
There's good news and bad news, and it comes with the territory of finding things
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Shrines #completion #findthemall #donesomuch #gottabeclose #butwait #fewerleft #hardertofind #thisisgonnabeadrag

Link: TIME TO TIP THE PLATFORM!!! Link stands on one side of a giant set of scales, a giant metal block pressing down on the other side. Link: ... Yup, reused the joke. Like so many others. But it's on scales this time. So there... good night.

569 - Really, This Joke Again?
At this point, are you really surprised?
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Shrines #puzzles #scales #references #FireEmblemAwakening #SuperSmashBros #timetotipthescales #reused #recycled #weak #isuckatthis #butidontcare

Link holds a (metal) sword up in the air during a thunderstorm while standing atop a peculiar hill. Link: I HAVE THE POWER!!! Lightning strikes Link, a massive BOOM sounding out around Faron.

566 - Zappity Zap Zap
Easily the coolest way to open a Shrine in the whole game!
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Faron #Shrines #ShrineQuest #thunderstorm #lightning #lightningstrike #hitme #smiteme #references #HeMan #toocool

Osu Shotengai Shopping Street - Nagoya Osu is the shopping district of Nagoya and many of the Osu Shotengai Shopping Streets are roofed building a massive network of around 1.200 shops for all kinds of interests. Including shrines with ...

Video of the Osu Shopping Streets on a silent sunday.
Thats one of the more calm parts of the area.

https://clip.place/w/vhRgm8Lk2ii7Hjr9cRgAJa

#japan #nagoya #shrines #church #shoppingstreets #osu

Osu is the shopping district of Nagoya and many of the Osu Shotengai Shopping Streets are roofed building a massive network of around 1.200 shops for all kinds of interests.

Including shrines with LED screens and drop by churches!

#japan #nagoya #shrines #church #shoppingstreets #osu

Link (overlooking his work on a Shrine puzzle so far): After quite a bit of time and energy, I managed to get two of the five balls into switches so far. Link: But I don't see where I could use the of the balls. How do I open the door now? The door in question is shown to be open (indicated by an arrow and sign saying "IT'S OPEN NOW". Link: Oh. Like that.

564 - Minimum Skills Required
No one told me that we could have puzzles we could half ass
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Shrines #puzzles #balls #switches #multiple #canonlydosomuch #whatdoidonow #itwasenough #solved #donthavetodoitall #convenient

Sports Commentator: This is truly a sight to behold: an awesome spectacle! The Champion of Hyrule, chosen wielder of the Master Sword, cross-dresser extraordinaire Link: testing his mettle in the sand seal races for a chance to enter the Shrine! Truly, this is the challenge of a lifetime! Link (shield surfing with a sand seal): To be perfectly honest, this is more of a leisurely ride.

562 - Wacky Races
Surfing with sand seals is cool and all, but it's more chill than exciting
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #GerudoDesert #Shrines #ShrineQuest #sandseals #walrus #shieldsurfing #sandsurfing #race #sportsevent #exciting #exceptnot #prettychill #leisurely

Link charges through Gerudo Desert carrying an abnormally large block of ice, while Lizalfos watch in confusion. Link: IGNORE ME IGNORE ME IGNORE ME PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

560 - Cool Running
This is certainly a visual
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #GerudoDesert #Shrines #ShrineQuest #NoblePursuit #ice #blockofice #carryitback #hurry #beforeitmelts #enemies #Lizalfos #allovertheplace #scary #ignoreme

My son approaches a small white shrine with a traditional Japanese roof. Moss creeps up the path. Dormant trees in the foreground lead toward a large stand of Japanese cedar in the distance. Dozens of statues of the deity Jizo wearing red scarves and hats appear in the distance.

Stone stairs lead up a hill strewn with Japanese cedar. Statues of the deity Jizo lead off to the right in the background.

Dozens of statues of the deity Jizo wearing red scarves and hats line a path along Kanman-ga-Fuchi Abyss. Large cedar line a hillside to the left above the statues. The Daiya River rages below to the right.

Wife approaches Kanman-ga-Fuchi Abyss along a wooden boardwalk.

Four more from Kanman-ga-Fuchi Abyss.

#ancient #shrines
#japan #nikko

One of hundreds of statues dedicated to Jizo, guardian deity of children, along Kanman-ga-fuchi Abyss.

A rural Japanese coffee shop in the resort city of Nikko. A tree grows out of Central courtyard on one of a asymmetrical, split roof.

The Daiya River and homes along its shoreline sit in the shadow of Nakimushiyama.

Gray tile steps lead to a Screened-sliding front door. To the right sits a carved owl and a dormant bush. A bit of snow melts in the shadows next to the stairs.

A walk to Kanman-ga-Fuchi Abyss.

February 2026

Nikko, Japan

#Japan #Nikko #Photography
#architecturalphotography
#hiking #shrines

Link stands near a metal part of the floor while an off screen Guardian Scout charges its laser with a BZZZZZ. Link (eyes closed, holding the Sheikah Slate): Oh no, it's the laser again, and this time there isn't even any water to make ice blocks with. Link: Ha, psyche! Link uses Magnesis to lift the metal block up from the ground to block the laser, flipping off the Guardian Scout. Guardian Scout (still off screen): BZZZLIKESERIOUSLYWHODESIGNED- THISPLACEZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

550 - Metal Move, Bro
Besides a couple that use normal columns, this is the only other Test of Strength that actually mixes it up
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Shrines #TestOfStrength #enemies #GuardianScout #strategy #usetheenvironment #metal #SheikahSlate #Magnesis #defense #psycheout #doitagain

Link stands in water while an off screen Guardian Scout charges its laser with a BZZZZZ. Link (eyes closed, holding the Sheikah Slate): Oh no, you're charging that big laser attack, and there's nothing to protect me. Link: Ha, psyche! Link creates a Cyonis ice block using the water to block the laser, flipping off the Guardian Scout. Guardian Scout (still off screen): BZZZZZIWASWONDERINGWHYITWAS- FLOODEDINHEREZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

546 - Cool Move, Bro
As poorly optimized as these Shrines were, at least they mixed it up once in a blue moon
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Shrines #TestOfStrength #enemies #GuardianScout #strategy #usetheenvironment #water #SheikahSlate #Cryonis #defense #psycheout #funtimes

Link paraglides over one of the mazes, getting a bird's eye-view of the whole enchilada. Link: PLAY LAME, WIN GAME!!!

541 - A-Maze-ing Cheat
Why didn't I think of this sooner!?
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Shrines #ShrineQuest #maze #onemoretime #navigate #easierway #cheat #paraglide #seethewholething #progamermove #somuchfaster #playlamewingame

A look at the map shows three White-Maned Lynels stand way too close together in the path of a Shrine near the northern edge of the Tabatha Frontier. Link: NOPE!!! This time, Link trips on his way to literally anywhere else and comically tumbles down the massive mountain.

540 - Nope 4: The Reckoning
Why are they set up like that?
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #TabanthaFrontier #Shrines #guarded #enemies #Lynels #WhiteManedLynels #morethanone #toomany #waytoodifficult #Waytooscary #screwthis #nope #downthemount #anywhereisbetterthanhere