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Fukuoka, Japan - February 3, 2014: Setsubun is the last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar. At Kushida Shrine in Fukuoka, Japan this day is celebrated by men and women born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year, throwing treats to the clamoring shrine goers below.
People perform in traditional costumes, preparing for Yabusame (horseback archery) at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Reitaisai Festival in Kamakura.
Kyoto, Japan - February 3 2024 : Heian Jingu Shrine Setsubun festival. Traditional Japanese shinto ritual ceremony.
Tokyo, Japan-January 3, 2022:\nIn front of the Main Hall of Meiji-Jingu Shrine, people in the front line are praying and the rest of the people are waiting on the ground of the Main Hall. As so many people visit the Shrine during the New Year season to pray for their health and good luck for the year, a normal wooden offertory box is not enough and, therefore, a huge sheet is spread out in front for visitors to throw coins and notes.\nAbout 3 million people visit Meiji-jingu Shrine during the three days of New Year, to pray for their health and good luck for the year.\nMeiji Jingu Shrine, a Shinto shrine, was established in 1920 and dedicated to Emperor Meiji (1852-1914) and his consort Empress Shoken (1850-1914); the great grand parents of the current Emperor Naruhito.\nAll visitors, as it has now become customary, wear protective face mask to prevent Corona virus pandemic.
Zentsuji, Kagawa, Japan - November 23th 2023: Ohenro pilgrims on the grounds of Zentsuji-Temple, temple number 75 of Shikoku pilgrimage.
monk praing at the temple
Taktok Tsechu Festival, Taktok Monastery, Ladakh, India - July 29, 2023: Buddhist mystery Tsam with the performance of Mask Dance in the Tibetan Taktok monastery
Beijing, China - April 30, 2018: Male dancers performing traditional Chinese stage arts in Beijing.
Tokyo - May 19 2024: participants feel exciting and moving the Sedan chair which a small size shrine represent their chamber of commerce  in Sanja Festival. Sanja Festival is one of traditional festival, it is a weekend-long Shinto festival that is dedicated to the spirits of three men who founded a Buddhist temple
Sacred purifying incense smoke hangs over the entrance, Senso-ji temple, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. Sensō-ji temple, ancient Buddhist temple in Asakusa, is Tokyo's oldest and most significant established temples. Honshu, Japan’s main island with most of the country’s major cities and cultural sites. From the busy global hub of Tokyo for finance, industry, fashion and cuisine to Mount Fuji, the iconic, snow-capped volcano and the city of Kyoto, famed for Zen temples, gardens and traditional geisha entertainment
Osaka, Japan - July 25, 2012: Golden portable shrine carried and worshipped by participants of the Tenjin Matsuri Festival, the greatest festival in Osaka boasting of a history of a thousand years.
Tokyo, Japan-January 4, 2023:\nA big crowd under the police traffic control is walking through the South Sacred Gate (Romon Gate) of Meiji-Jingu Shrine to enter the ground of the Main Hall. During the New Year season, the gate is elaborately decorated to welcome the year with various signs, including the picture of Oriental zodiac. The year 2023 is year of the rabbit.\nAbout 3 million people visit Meiji-jingu Shrine during the three days of New Year, to pray for their health and good luck for the year.\nMeiji-Jingu Shrine, a Shinto shrine, was established in 1920 and dedicated to Emperor Meiji (1852-1914) and his consort Empress Shoken (1850-1914); the great grand parents of the current Emperor Naruhito.\nAll visitors, as it has now become customary, wear protective face mask to prevent Corona virus pandemic.
Sanja Festival.
Tokyo, Japan - May, 20, 2023:  The Sanja Matsuri festival is one of the largest festival in Japan. It lasts for 3 days in honor of the three men that stablished and founded the  Sensō-ji Temple and Asakusa-Jinja shrine.
Kagawa, Japan - November 23 2023: Sacred bonfires during Japanese, and walking barefoot across burning coals called Gomataki. Religious bonfire.
June 11/2022 Mt. Komagatake Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture. It's the official opening day of the mountain and area for hiking and enjoying the outdoors. A priest comes to bless the mountain for its opening ceremony at the beginning of the season so that hikers and people in the area can enjoy the mountain without issue.
Tokyo, Japan - May 17, 2014:Sanja Matsuri is one of the 3 great Shinto festivals in the Asakusa district of Tokyo, JAPAN.
Hong Kong - June 2, 2023 : Taoist priests at Wong Tai Sin Temple , Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is a Taoist temple established in 1921. Wong Tai Sin Temple is one of the most famous temples in Hong Kong.
Klaten, Indonesia - March 1, 2015 : Hindu people in Java are praying, Central Java - Indonesia
October 13th 2021, Negeri Sembilan MALAYSIA - Chinese celebrates Nine Emperor Gods Festival in Nine Emperor Gods Temple in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan. It is an one of the biggest annual event with nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar. Taoist master is leading devotees - rocking sedan chair carrying god's statue and walking on burning charcoal ceremony, in which they must complete 9-day pure vegetarian prior to ceremony for blessing.
Tokyo - May 19 2024: participants move the Sedan chair which a small size shrine represent their chamber of commerce pass through Nakamise Dori in Sanja Festival. Sanja Festival is one of traditional festival, it is a weekend-long Shinto festival that is dedicated to the spirits of three men who founded a Buddhist temple
Buddhist ceremony by monks at Hyakumanben Chionji Temple of kyoto japan
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - July 9, 2023: Participants in a knucklebone shooting competition in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
The Wenshu Monastery has been closed for long time due to the reason of Covid - 19. The monastery is open and host a big ceremony means the pandemic is over in the city, temporarily.
A monk praying in front of the tomb
Tokyo, Japan-August 27, 2023:\nKoenji Awa Dance Festival in Suginami Ward, Tokyo, which takes place annually on the last weekend of August, is one of the most popular festivals outside Tokushima City. Over 100 groups of dancers participate in the festival, which proceed dancing on the main streets around JR Koenji Station in the evening.\nAwa Dance Festival, which originated, and takes place during August 12-15, in Tokushima City of Shikoku Island, is now widely practiced in many parts of Japan. By moving arms and legs freely, men express braveness and humor and women express elegance and amorousness.\nAwa Dance Festival is one of the three most famous Bon Dance Festivals in Japan and has a history of over 400 years.
Tokyo, Japan - September 24 2017: Visitor walking over fire with help of monks at Honsen-ji temple during Shinagawa Shukuba Matsuri Festival
Japanese monks praying at a sacred temple
Tokyo - May 19 2024:people move their small size shrine in sedan chair which represent their  Chamber of commerce in Sanja Festival.  in sanja festival, every  team represent its chamber of commerce and try to take their sedan chair to Asakusa temple to pray and got the blessing from god.
Very old traditional Hinamatsuri dolls on display for this traditional religious holiday in Japan, celebrated on 3 March of each year.
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