Tag Archive | Shintoism
Walking to the shrine
A local summer festival culminates in a large precession from the river to the shrine. Despite the extreme summer heat after the rainy season, these festival revelers still kept good cheer. The young boy is being carried as a spiritual totem to the shrine for the final prayer which will wrap up this two-day celebration.
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Buddhism and Shintoism
It’s interesting to witness the intermingling of two faiths. In Japan, Buddhism and Shintoism often commingle. Here is a gate for a Zen-based Buddhist temple with a Shinto plaited rope, or shimenawa, 注連縄.
