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

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

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

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

There Is Also A Monument To Matsuo Basho, Which Made Me Wonder If Basho Had Visited Hokkaido On His Way To Oku-no-Hosomichi, But That Is Not True

If You Think About It, Shinto Shrines And Chinese Temples With A Clingy Image Are Similar

An Atmospheric Torii Gate Stands At The Bottom Of The Stairs Leading To The Okamoto Hachiman Shrine

There Was A Myoken Pond Filled With Water In A Section Of Chiba Shrine That Was Paved With Concrete And Looked Like A Schoolyard In The Heart Of The City

Despite The Unusual Guardian Rabbits, The Shrine Building Reflected In The Window Glass Was Quite Plain

The Lowest Natural Mountain In Tokyo's 23 Wards Is Said To Be Mount Machitsuyama In Asakusa

Mt. Atago, The Highest Peak In Tokyo's 23 Wards, From The Top Of Which The Predecessor Of NHK Once Transmitted Radio Signals

To Avoid A Lot Of Trouble, We Must Now Avoid Naming Using Gender Differences Between Men And Women

I Wonder What People In The World Without Shinto Shrines Would Think When They See The Senbon Torii

The Kokugakuin University Museum, Located On The Kokugakuin University Shibuya Campus, Has Extensive Exhibits That Are Well Worth A Visit

Few Remnants Of A Scenic Area Remain Around Mutsura-no-tsu, Which Was An Outer Port Of Kamakura

Katsushika Hachimangu Shrine Is Not Built In Katsushika Ward, Tokyo

If You Didn't Know, You Wouldn't Even Know The Forbidden Area Near The Station Was Forbidden

While The Benefits Of Prayers For Success Are Clear, There Are No Clear Criteria For Whether Or Not They Have Been Fulfilled For Family Safety And Business Prosperity

The Harder We Try Not To Think About Something, The More It Haunts Us

The Precincts Of Meiji Jingu Shrine Used To Be The Residence Of The Ii Family, The Lords Of The Hikone Domain, At The End Of The Edo Period

A Thick Shimenawa Looks Like A Ginseng

Moving Holidays Like The Tori-no-ichi Market That Stands On The Day Of The Rooster Seem To Keep Their Distance From Modern Rationality

Shrines That Offer Blessings For Good Luck And Matchmaking Seem To Be Crowded With Many Worshippers

The Famous Marshmallow Test Is Also Reported To Be Difficult To Replicate In Follow-up Tests

The Ooi Hayashi Music Played At The Ooi Kashima Shrine's Annual Festival Was Created 280 Years Ago