Standing

It must be great to have all that history in architecture and shrines around you, so very picturesque.

I like how the flags lead the viewers eyes through the painting, starting at the top left - scanning down and across to the right - breaking through the frame of the picture and then back into view and continuing on the left at the bottom. It seems to provide a unifying element between the sky and the building and the crowd of people across the bottom of the frame. I think this could be slightly improved by rotating the picture so that the horizon line is level and the building is no longer leaning to the left.

It looks like you did some post-editing in this, yes? I like the soft pastel palette, I think it provides a gentling mood to the otherwise angular building with its severe lines.