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Kyoto, Japan- February 10th, 2023: Chohoji (Rokkakudo) Temple, a Historic hexagonal Buddhist temple at Donomaecho, Nakagyo, Kyoto, Japan
29 march 2019 - Kyoto, Japan: Young Woman Praying at fushimi inari taisha Temple, Kyoto, Japan
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Ise Shimenawa decorated at the entrance
A woman walks through a large circle.\nChinowa-kuguri involves passing through a ring several meters in diameter woven with grass called thatch near the torii gate on the approach to the shrine.Passing through it purifies the mind and body, wards off misfortune, and prays for good health, warding off evil, and the safety of the family.Go through the figure 8 three times.It is held around June 30th and December 31st at many shrines.\n<Procedure>\n・After entering the shrine, wash your hands and mouth at the chozuya. In front of Chinowa, bow to the main shrine.\n・Start with your left foot and go counterclockwise while stepping over the ring with your left foot.Go around the left side of the circle, return to the front and bow once.\n・Next, start with your right foot and go clockwise while stepping over the ring with your right foot.After going around the right side of the circle, return to the front and bow once.\n・ Once again, turn counterclockwise from the left foot.Stand in front of the circle and bow. At the end, go through the ring and visit the worship hall.
Thousand folded paper cranes and ema votive pictures in Azumamaro Shrine (Azumamaro Jinja) in the Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine. Kyoto, Japan.
Denshin-an in Kyoto
A closeup of the gate for Himure Hachiman Shrine, Omi-Hachiman, Japan, showing the shimenawa and other decorations, with the shrine in the background.
Devotees at Shinto Shrine, Higashi-chiya, Kanazawa, Honshu, Japan. Higashi-chiya in Kanazawa is the district of tea houses, traditionally used since the Edo period for Geisha entertainment. Honshu, Japan’s main island with most of the country’s major cities and cultural sites. From the busy global hub of Tokyo for finance, industry, fashion and cuisine to Mount Fuji, the iconic, snow-capped volcano and the city of Kyoto, famed for Zen temples, gardens and traditional geisha entertainment
Izumo, Japan - September 26, 2012. People praying at  Izumo yashiro, Izumo-Taisha, Shinto shrine, in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. This shrine is a major cultural asset in Japan, dating from the  Nihon Shoki, Heian period,
Tokyo, Japan-January 3, 202:\nA big crowd under the police traffic control, waiting in front of the Torii Gate of Meiji-Jingu Shrine before entering, through Romon Gate, the ground of the Main Hall. During the New Year season, the Romon Gate is elaborately decorated to welcome the year with various signs, including the picture of Oriental zodiac. The year 2022 is the year of tiger.\nAbout 3 million people visit Meiji-jingu Shrine during the three days of New Year, to pray for their health and good luck for the year.\nMeiji Jingu Shrine, a Shinto shrine, was established in 1920 and dedicated to Emperor Meiji (1852-1914) and his consort Empress Shoken (1850-1914); the great grand parents of the current Emperor Naruhito.\nAll visitors, as it has now become customary, wear protective face mask to prevent Corona virus pandemic.
Kyoto, Japan- February 9th, 2024: Nonomiya Shrine, Shinto shrine provide blessings for marriage at Saganonomiyacho, Ukyo, Kyoto, Japan
Scenery of the mountain path and precincts of Yakuouin Takao, shooting record June 2021 Hachioji City, Tokyo, Japan.
Fukuoka, Japan - Nov 21 2022: Miyajidake Shrine is primarily dedicated to Empress Jingu, home to five-ton sacred straw rope and attracts over 2 million worshippers a year
japanese merchant and housewife salute eachother in toei studio oldtown kyoto japan - black and white
Kyoto, Japan – January 05, 2019: A closeup shot of Japanese paper wish praying at Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, Japan
An Asian woman is enjoying Tecoma tree season in Malaysia. Tecoma tree is resemblance cherry blossom (Sakura) in Japan.
Maizuru, Japan, May 6, 2023: Asashiro Shrine, an old Shinto shrine in Nishi-Maizuru
Tokyo, Japan- April 2nd, 2023: Jinja (Shinto-style shrine) with spring cherry blossom (sakura ) in Chiyoda City, Tokyo, japan
Tokyo, Japan-January 3, 2022:\nA big crowd under the police traffic control, waiting in front of the Torii Gate and the South Sacred Gate (Romon Gate) of Meiji-Jingu Shrine before entering the ground of the Main Hall. About 3 million people visit Meiji-jingu Shrine during the three days of New Year, to pray for their health and good luck for the year.\nMeiji Jingu Shrine, a Shinto shrine, was established in 1920 and dedicated to Emperor Meiji (1852-1914) and his consort Empress Shoken (1850-1914); the great grand parents of the current Emperor Naruhito.\nAll visitors, as it has now become customary, wear protective face mask to prevent Corona virus pandemic.
Fukuoka, Japan - Nov 21 2022: Miyajidake Shrine is primarily dedicated to Empress Jingu, home to five-ton sacred straw rope and attracts over 2 million worshippers a year
Concert at Temple Chiangi
Kyoto, Japan - October 22, 2023: Portrait of man dressed in a historical military costume preparing for Jidai Matsuri (japanese for Festival of the Ages) at the Imperial Palace park
Tokyo, Japan - March 21, 2007: Folded paper decorations hanging from ropes in Hikawa Shinto shrine in 12-3 Senjuokawacho in the Adachi ward of Tokyo (precise location:  35A44'38N, 139A48'7E). The papers are thought to provide spiritual purification.
12 April 2012 the Nonomiya Shrine temple, spring Kyoto, Japan
Scenery of the mountain path and precincts of Yakuouin Takao, shooting record Hachioji City, Tokyo, Japan.
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