Temples and shrines- from different regions and different relisions.
Tying my fortune, with a wish, at a Shinto shrine. At Shinto shrines there are fortune machines, 100 yen a time. If your fortune is bad, it is tradition to ward off bad luck by tying it to a tree branch, or to string dotted around the temple. I’ll be honest, I couldn’t really understand […]
In Japan there are temples everywhere! Traipsing through busy city streets you will often stumble across them. Lakes, trees, beautiful buildings and the smell of incense. I think lots of tourists get a little bit templed out, in a ‘once you’ve seen one you’ve seen them all’ way. I still love them though, they are […]
In Hagi there is a temple famous for its Obon celebration. Hundreds of twinkling stone lanterns lit once a year to welcome the dead back to land of the living. It did not disappoint. The temple was bustling with light- hundreds of candles casting a flickering stairway, climaxing in a magical view:
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