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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
Kasuga-taisha is a Shinto shrine in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is the shrine of the Fujiwara family, established in 768 CE and rebuilt several times over the centuries. The interior is famous for its many bronze lanterns, as well as the many stone lanterns that lead up to the shrine. Kasuga Shrine is renowned as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, among the shrines and temples in Nara Park.
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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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Takaosan Yakuou'in (高尾山薬王院) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect situated on the eastern slope of Takaosan (高尾山) or Mt. Takao.
The temple was dedicated to Yakushi-nyorai (薬師如来 Bhaiṣajyaguru) or Medicine King (Yakuou) of Mahayana Buddhism.
Iizuna-gongen (飯綱権現), which is a god of Shugendou (修験道) based in the Iizuna volcano (飯綱山) in Nagano prefecture, was introduced in 14th century to override the Buddhist temple. The temple compound now contains Buddhist and Shintou shrines. The shrine in the photo is called Iizuna-gongen Dou (飯綱権現堂) or Shrine of Iizuna-gongen.
Tengu (天狗) is a specter in the Japanese folk beliefs. It is believed to have a Pinocchio-like long nose or a crow-like beak, wings to fly, and a magical fan to stir winds. He has an ambiguous character; worshiped for its supernatural power, while feared as an evil god.
Iizuna-gongen is a god that has an appearance of a Tengu and considered as the boss of a Tengu group. Fox is his vehicle. He is a god worshipped by Shugendou (修験道), an occult syncretism of Buddhism, Shintoism and folk beliefs.
Note that Iizuna-gongen is bacchant as Sake barrels are donated to the shrine as seen in the photo.
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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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 ema in the shape of tori gates, on which worshippers write their prayers or wishes. Fushimi inari taisha, Kyoto Japan
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.
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.
A Shinto monk, possibly a Yamabushi by the look of his conditioning, undergoes a purification ceremony in a mountain waterfall
Himeji Castle, also known as White Heron Castledue to its elegant, white appearance, is widely considered Japan's most spectacular castle for its imposing size and beauty and its well preserved, complex castle grounds. The castle is both a national treasure and a world heritage site.
Unlike many other Japanese castles, it was never destroyed by war, earthquake or fire and survives to this day as one of the country's twelve original castles.