Tag: Japanese shrine
I got a deer fortune slip at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara.
by Eric I. E.
A deer is taken good care of in Kasuga Taisha Shrine, because there is the myth that God rode a white deer.
by necromage
The deer having afortune slip in its mouth is kawaii !
I got a great good luck (dai-kichi) !
by Kanko*
When the New Year has arrived, I’d always visit a shrine for Hatumode, and consult an oracle or get a lucky charm (amulets) each year. Of course I did so this year, too.
The lucky charms usually categorized by the area of your wish such as “prosperous business”, “successful study”, “well-being of family” and “fulfillment of love or wish for finding a partner”.
by Kanko*
Nowadays, they have more fun sort of luck charms featuring the popular characters such as Mickey Mouse, Hello Kitty or Snoopy and they are all cute. But I think that those traditional lucky charms with delicate fabrics are still very pretty.
Happy Hello Kitty Omamori (Strapya World!)
There are some books (in Japanese) introducing the lucky charms form shrines and temples in Kyoto.
Omamori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Omamori (about.com)
Kagami mochi,literally mirror rice cake, is a traditional Japanese New Year decoration. It usually consists of two round mochi (rice cakes), the smaller placed a top the larger, and a mikan (a Japanese bitter orange) with an attached leaf on top.
Further to this, it may have a sheet of konbu and a skewer of dried persimmons under the mochi.
by midorisyu
It is traditionally broken and eaten in a Shinto ritual called kagami biraki (mirror opening) on the second Saturday or Sunday of January.
For Japanese people, “Oshogatsu”, the New Year’s holiday time is a more important festivity than Christmas. Many of us‘d go to shrines and pray for a happy life in the new year.
Taga Taisha
I have been to two shrines, one is Taga Taisha in Taga-cho, Siga Prefecture & the other is Kanda Myojin in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
Ise bridge by Mr. Mark
The most famous shrine in Japan is the Ise Jingu in Ise-shi, Mie Prefecture. The Japanese Prime Minister goes there, too. Above all, this is the shrine where the Imperial ancestors are enshrined.
Kanda Myojin
Kanda Myojin is known as the God of Business. And many companies from all over Tokyo, - form the largest business enterprise to the business owners of small & medium sized companies visit there and pray for a good business for the year. Well, well what will this year be like?
Hatsumōde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Japanese New Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
