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New Year's at Taga Taisha Shrine, Shiga
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Old New Year's decorations to be burned
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Burning old New Year's decorations, Hokoku Jinja, Nagahama, Shiga Pref.
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Selling decorations for Toka Ebisu
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Shrine maidens ready to toss the mochi
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Throwing mochi rice cakes, Hokoku Shrine, Nagahama, Shiga Pref.
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Good luck mochi rice cakes
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The torches burn within seconds.
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The fire at its peak was very hot to the skin. Sumiyoshi Shrine Fire Festival, Moriyama, Shiga in late Jan.
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Sumiyoshi Shrine Fire Festival, Moriyama, Shiga Pref. on the second Sat. of January.
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Even gaijin shrine maidens decorate bamboo branches or rakes. Toka Ebisu, Imamiya Ebisu Shrine, Osaka
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Money pit for monetary offerings
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Buying New Year's decorations and charms.
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Dance by shrine maidens on New Year's Day at Taga Taisha Shrine.. Also see the video at YouTube.
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Ise Jingu Shrine's Naiku (Inner Shrine) is the main and most popular shrine at Ise. The shrine is rebuilt every 20 years and 2013 will mark the completion of the new shrine to replace the old one built in 1993.
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About 300-400 meters to the Naiku shrine, it got congested. It took about an hour to reach the foot of the steps going up to the shrine.
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Naiku shrine and torii are in sight at the top of the steps ahead. We were told that it would take more than an hour just to get up these steps. However, we could walk up the steps quickly on the right edge of the steps.
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Look how small the offertory box is at Ise Jingu's Naiku. The one at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo is like half the size of a football field. Of course, Ise Jingu just doesn't have the space for it.
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I wondered how much I should donate for this sake. I just dropped a 100 yen coin and probably got 20 yen worth of sake. At Atsuta Shrine (one of Japan's Big Three shrines) in Nagoya, they have a nice big hall where they serve hot tea and sweets for
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Kemari Hajime at Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto
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Kemari Hajime at Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto
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One of the six torches carried into the shrine.
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Giant torches in Katsube Shrine, Moriyama, Shiga Pref.
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Katsube Fire Festival: Men dance in rings in front of the fire. Also see the video at YouTube.
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Karuta Hajime on the Noh stage at Yasaka Jinja Shrine, Kyoto on Jan. 3, 2011
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They also had a giant maguro tuna fish on display as an offering to the shrine from a fishing cooperative.
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Coins stuck on giant tune at Nishinomiya Shrine Toka Ebisu.
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