ema

In Japan, small wooden plaques called ema are used at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples for writing prayers and wishes. These ema are typically purchased at the shrine and inscribed with a person's desires before being hung up in a designated area. The prayers are believed to be carried to the deities through the smoke when the ema are ritually burned during special events. These ema were at an ancient Shinto shrine in Kishiwada, Japan.

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