Articles tagged with: Shrine
Losta interesting festival take place in Japan on Setsubun – the first day of Spring. For Today’s Japan photo, we will take a look at the Setsubun Mantoro 節分万燈籠 that take place at Kasuga Taisha …
We are just a couple of days away from the Setsubun matsuri in Japan, so for Today’s Japan photo, we will take a look at the interesting Bean Throwing Ritual (Mame Maki) 豆撒き.
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One of Japan’s unique structure would be the Torii gates found near shrines. For Today’s Japan photo series, we will look at the unique Torii of Itsukushima Shrine [厳島神社].
The photo is taken off William Bullimore’s …
As we had seen over the past few days, many of the New Year activities in Japan revolves around visiting the local shrine. This in turn means that devotees will be donating losta money to …
On the 10 Jan every year, a very special event is held at Nishinomiya Shrine [西宮神社].They hold a special race in the early morning where folks can participate in a race for luck. The competition …
Just watched this on the news during dinner, whereby it was reported some Japanese folks gathered together today at Kanda Myojin shrine for a freezing purification ceremony.
The photo above was taken from Mainichi Japan:
Participants splash …
