The man was pulling the rope

Man ringing bell in shrine
Shot at Oji Jinja, a Shinto shrine in Oji, Tokyo
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This shrine was located just nearby the Oji station. Yet the hall was surrounded by the woods and the precinct was silent. Unlike the churches, Shinto shrines are usually standing in the woods. And the nature itself often became an object of faith in Shintoism. Shintoism has an element of the animism.

When I came to the prayer hall, the two men were praying. One man just pulled the rope to ring the bell. After the sound of the bell echoed, two men started to pray together.

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Jan 2016 PEOPLE TOKYO

PHOTO DATA

No

9616

Shooting Date

Oct 2015

Posted On

January 13, 2016

Modified On

October 3, 2023

Place

Oji, Tokyo

Genre

Street Photography

Camera

SIGMA DP2 MERRILL

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