A small Shinto shrine was in the precinct

Only During The Hokusai Commemoration, Nishi Arai Daishi Opens Its Collection Of Katsushika Hokusai's Paintings To The Public

Nishi Arai Is Not Because Of The Name Of The Place, Arai, To The West, But Because There Is A Sacred Well To The West Of The Main Hall

Figure Stood Beside The Incense Burner In Nishiarai Daishi

It's A Little Eerie To See A Line Of Darumas With No Eyes Written On Them

Many Foxes In Toyokawa-Inari

The Priests, Dressed In Old-fashioned Costumes, Also Wore Old-fashioned Shoes Called "asa-gustsu" On Their Feet

Nowadays, All Of The Approximately 3,000 Lanterns At Kasuga Taisha Are Lit Only On Setsubun Night And Chugen Night

It Is Possible To Donate A Lantern To Kasuga Taisha, But You Have To Ask The Shrine How Much It Costs

Even If The Deer Crackers Ultimately End Up In The Deer's Mouth, They Still Have To Be Cashed In Once They Pass Through The Hands Of A Tourist

Ueno Toshogu Shrine, Which Overcame World War II And Other Disasters And Was Rebuilt In 1651, Still Waits For Visitors Today, And Is Also Believed To Be A God Of Luck

The Disparity Between The Omiya Hikawa Shrine And The Hikawa Nyotai Shrine, Which Are Supposed To Be Of The Same Rank, Is Like A Couple Of Tea Cups Of Different Sizes

The Fantastic Image Of Mitarashi Pond Was Easily Drowned Out By The Call For Worldly Benefits

The Temporary Hall Of The Kashima Jingu Has Been Built More Than 400 Years Ago, So The Character For Temporary Could Be Removed

Since The Dan-kazura Was First Piled With Stones In 1960’s, And Cherry Trees Were Planted In 1917, It Has Actually Continued To Be Upgraded In A Modest Way

At Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu, There Was A Big Prayer For Getting Rid Of Bad Luck, A Prayer For A New Year To Be Blessed With Good Fortune On The Occasion Of The New Year

The Sacred Horse At Kanda Myojin In Kanda Was Not A Mystical White Horse, Nor A Beautiful Looking Horse, But A Lovely Pony

I Don't Know Why, But Of The 12 Dances That Were Performed, Only The Five Elements Dance Had Not Been Performed For About 100 Years

Zuijin, Who Returned A Piercing Gaze, Seemed To Be Gently Protected From The World Of The World, Rather Than Protecting The Gods, On The Contrary

Since When Did Sugawara No Michizane Come To Be Worshipped As A 'god Of Learning' Rather Than A 'grudge Spirit'?

Looking At The Gilded Mikoshi, It Seems To Me That Japan's Idea Of Godliness Is Not Fundamentally Different From That Of Southeast Asia

If You Go To The Back Of Yasukuni Shrine, You Will Find A Garden With A Pond And Tea Ceremony Rooms

Some Religions Consider Abraham, Moses, Jesus, And Muhammad As False Prophets Sent From The World Of Darkness

What Was The Sacred Place Like For The Ainu People?

The Shinto Shrines Dedicated To Deities Not Often Seen Elsewhere Stand Within The Precincts Of The Hokkaido Jingu

Like Traditional Japanese Custom, Myanmar People Seem To Sleep On Sleeping Mats On The Floor

Sultan Ahmed Mosque Has Six Minarets

Stark-naked Boy And Grandma

It's Hard To Tell If Indonesian Kinship Names Are Older Or Younger

The Line On The Forehead Is A Religious Mark Called A Tilaka, Which Indicates The Religious Denomination Believed In By Color And Shape

The Newly Completed Shibuya Sakura Stage Has An Intricate Escalator Structure, Perhaps Reflecting Its Complexity