Shinto 神道
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The inari fox, shinto kami of fertility, rice, tea and sake, of agriculture and industry, of general prosperity and worldly success. Fushimi inari taisha Kyoto Japan
This is the inner hall of Kashima Jingu Shrine. It is located in the area that's captured in the aerial photo (the previous image). The inner hall is situated in the innermost of the 150,000 square meter shrine site. Even the path from the main hall is 300 meters long.
In the shrine, I saw several large and small halls, ceremonies, Shinto priests walking in a procession, hundreds of worshippers, forests, steams coming out of trees and thatched roofs, spray of water dropping as it had snowed on the previous day, natural sunlight, and colourful ghosting flares through my lens.
鹿島神宮(鹿嶋市)
I was a shrine maiden in the New Year. I enjoyed it very much.
A great new shrine this year is the Mishima Shrine in WQNC SIM.
It's a very photogenic sim, so come and have a look!
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集落の外れにある、白山八幡神社とその桜。裏山越しの日光で桜が輝いていました。神社のカーテンは雪対策みたい。
@Shirakawago, Takayama city, Gifu pref. （岐阜県高山市 白川郷）
Shinto Torii Gate Sunrise, Japan
A torii (Japanese: 鳥居, [to.ɾi.i]) is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the mundane to the sacred, and a spot where kami are welcomed and thought to travel through.
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Prompt: Shinto sunrise over the sea of Japan with red Torii gate, deep turqouise sea cranes flying over the gate, calming, serene scene
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Standing on Itsukushima Shrine one is surrounded by Shinto and Buddhist Shrines dating back centuries. This view shows the proximity of Gomado Hall, part of the Daiganji Temple.
Shinto ritual purification
Shinto priests at a temizuya at Fushimi Inari-taisha Shinto Shrine to Inari, the god of rice, Kyoto, Japan. The temizuya consists of a water basin to perform "misogi," a ritual that involves rinsing the hands and mouth with water, symbolizing the purification of the body and mind before visiting the deity.
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Kumano Nachi Taisha, a Shinto shrine near the hot springs of Katsuura, in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
Shinto shrines are places of worship and the dwellings of the kami, the Shinto gods. This is the worship hall (haiden) of Kami Ichinomiya Oawa Shrine, dedicated to Ogetsuhime, the god of grains, in particular Awa millet (foxtail millet, Setaria italica). Ichinomiya means 'first shrine' and is a Japanese historical term referring to the Shinto shrines with the highest shrine rank in a province or prefecture. Kamiyama, Shikoku Island, Japan.
Beneath the West Pier at Whitby.
I was rather surprised to find that right at the end of the West Pier was an open trapdoor and ladder in the wooden floor giving access to the concrete base of the pier itself. There in the shadows below, beyond the barrier blocking further progress back towards the town, were the dark outlines of several fishermen- each standing alone at his watch like so many herons intent on their catch. Above, near the top of the ladder and right at the end of the pier two sociable sea-anglers trimmed and fussed over their lines ceaselessly and the beams of their head-torches pierced the cracks between floorboards sending flickering, shifting shafts of light down into the space below. It was all a bit reminiscent of 'Close Encounters Of The Third Kind'
From the wellspring within an evergreen primeval forest, Nachi Waterfall is Japan's tallest waterfall, with an uninterrupted drop of 133 meters.
The waterfall is appreciated for its natural beauty, but also worshipped as the dwelling of Shinto deity.
In Shinto, kami are spirits or deities that inhabit natural phenomena. Nachi Falls itself is worshipped as a kami, specifically called Hirō Gongen, a manifestation of the waterfall deity.
In Shinto, water is purifying, and Nachi Falls is one of the most powerful symbols of this concept. It’s used in rituals of misogi (purification), where practitioners may stand under smaller cascades to cleanse body and spirit. The sheer force of Nachi’s plunge is a dramatic, awe-inspiring representation of nature's power to purify.
The Meiji shrine in Tokyo is a popular spot for Shinto weddings - so popular in fact you can take a seat in the courtyard for an hour and see four or five wedding parties marching past :-)
We left a message on an "Ema" at a Shinto shrine in Kamakura. There were quite a few of them hanging up on boards all around the shrine, and every other Shinto shrine around.
"Shinto monk"
Le Togakushi-jinja est un sanctuaire shinto situé à Togakushi, préfecture de Nagano au Japon. Le sanctuaire se trouve au sein du parc national de Joshin'etsukogen. Togakushi (JAPON)
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