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
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Wedding procession at the Meiji shrine in Tokyo. The two men are kannushi and the women behind them are mikos. Then, under a red parasol, come the bride and groom. The woman adjusting the bride's dress is not one of the guests but a part of the service personnel, there to see that everything runs smoothly (hence why she is dressed much more demurely than the rest of the people).
The white hood of the bride is called a watabōshi (綿帽子), while she is dressed in a shiromuku (白無垢), a white over-kimono, denoting purity. The man is wearing is wearing the typical male dress for traditional formal occasions: a jacket called a haori (羽織) and hakama (袴), trousers you can see in circumstances like these, but also on some performers of Japanese martial arts such as kendo and iaidō.
Kannushi (神主 - also known as shinshoku, 神職) is someone who performs holy rites at and look after a Shinto shrine - kind of a Shinto shrine priest. To become one you have to study at an approved university or pass an exam - their position is usually inherited by their children (and although men are most common, women can become kannushi too). The head-gear they are wearing is an eboshi (烏帽子) and their white robes are knon as jōe (浄衣 - lit. clean clothes). They clothes actually hold no real symbolic significance, but reflects old court clothes. The stick, or baton, both men are holding is a shaku (笏), originally a part of a the formal dress of a nobleman.
A miko (巫女) is a young woman working at a Shinto shrine. The role has ancient traditions and in the beginning she was most likely a shaman but in modern Shinto her role is more institutionalized and includes doing ritual dances, participating in rituals, like weddings, but also more mundane tasks as selling talismans and souvenirs. Their traditional clothes include a red hakama (or sometimes a skirt), a white haori (kimono jacket) and red and/or white hair ornaments.
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)
The Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto is the most important of all the shrines dedicated to the god Inari in Japan. Inari is the god of the rice, one of the most important of the Shinto religion. The torii path leads up to a hill where are located other smaller shrines
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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The Honden (本殿, main shrine) of Shintoism is always built to be hidden by Haiden (拝殿, prayer hall) as the former is considered as the private space for a god while the latter is for the public reception. Honden of Nishina Shinmeiguu in the left is attached with Chuumon (中門, inner gate) in the right.
These two wooden structures are registered as a National Treasure (国宝), the highest category of the heritage conservation scheme at the national level.
The shrine is built in the Shinmei-zukuri (神明造) style that is identical to the Ise Shrine. The architectural style preserves the autochthonous architectural tradition of Japan before receiving the influence of Buddhist architecture from China and Korea.
Old conifer trees surrounding the shrine complex also look impressive and mystic.
The Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco, California, is a popular feature of Golden Gate Park, originally built as part of a sprawling World's Fair, the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894. Though many of its attractions are still a part of the garden today, there have been changes throughout the history of the garden that have shaped it into what it is today.
The oldest public Japanese garden in the United States, this complex of many paths, ponds and a teahouse features plants and trees pruned and arranged in a Japanese style. The garden's 3 acres contain sculptures and structures influenced by Buddhist and Shinto religious beliefs, as well as many elements of water and rocks to create a calming landscape designed to slow people down
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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.
Kanda Shrine (神田明神, Kanda-myōjin, officially 神田神社 Kanda-jinja), is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The shrine dates back 1,270 years, but the current structure was rebuilt several times due to fire and earthquakes. It is situated in one of the most expensive estate areas of Tokyo. Kanda Shrine was an important shrine to both the warrior class and citizens of Japan, especially during the Edo period, when shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu paid his respects at Kanda Shrine. Due in part to the proximity of the Kanda Shrine to Akihabara, the shrine has become a mecca for technophiles who frequent Akihabara.
Kanda Shrine was first built in the second year of the Tenpyō Era (730 AD), in the fishing village of Shibasaki, near the modern Ōtemachi district. In order to accommodate the expansion of Edo Castle, the shrine was later moved to the former Kanda ward in 1603, then moved once again to its modern site on a small hill near Akihabara in 1616. The shrine has been rebuilt and restored many times. The current structure was destroyed in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake and rebuilt in 1934 with concrete, and thus survived the Tokyo firebombing of World War II, unlike many of Japan's historical structures. Restoration is being done on Kanda Shrine, and work continues today.
Pray for prosperity, good luck and marriage at the Kanda Myojin Shrine, where three major gods, or kami, are enshrined. They include two of the seven Gods of Fortune: Daikokuten, who presides over bountiful harvests and matrimony; and Ebisu, the god of fisheries and business. The third is the Taira no Masakado, a rebel against the Hei'an government (794–1185) whom later earned revered status. The shrine is the head of 108 Tokyo districts including Akihabara and Tsukiji.
In May every odd-numbered year, partake in the festivities of the boisterous Kanda Matsuri that is widely regarded as one of Japan's three greatest festivals. The parade kicks off and ends at the shrine, passing through central Tokyo districts like Nihombashi and Otemachi.
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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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Heisenji Hakusan Shrine
平泉寺白山神社
Katsuyama city Fukui prefecture Japan
福井県 勝山市
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At the corner of a shrine.
There are Buddha statues with crushed faces all over Japan, including some with their heads missing. Moreover, this is a corner of the Shinto shrine, but that is also normal.
ある神社の角で。
顔を潰されたお地蔵さんは、日本中にありますね。頭ごとないのも。しかも、ここは神社の一角ですが、それも普通にありますね。
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.
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.
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'