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A miko  is a Shinto term in Japan, indicating a shrine (jinja) maiden or a supplementary priestess who was once likely seen as a shaman but in modern Japanese culture is understood to be an institutionalized role in daily shrine life, trained to perform tasks, ranging from sacred cleansing to performing the Kagura, a sacred dance.
Tokyo, Japan - May 25, 2024 : People at a festival in Hanazono Shrine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Many street vendors with games and selling Japanese festival food.
Kyoto, Japan - February 3 2024 : Heian Jingu Shrine Setsubun festival roasted beans scattering ceremony \
29 march 2019 - Kyoto, Japan: Young Woman Praying at fushimi inari taisha Temple, Kyoto, Japan
saitama, kawagoe - dec 31 2021: Japanese couple holding a fishing rod catching a luck diving paper shaped as red snapper called ichinen antai mikuji meaning one year of safety lottery in hikawa shrine
Senior woman and her daughter praying at a Japanese temple for Hatsumode. Okayama, Japan
Miyazaki, Japan - Nov 24 2022: Unidentified people at Takachiho Shrine, it's founded over 1,900 year, Ninigi no Mikoto, the grandchild of Amaterasu Omikami. It's widely worshipped for its deity of marriage and purification
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.
Omukuji At The Futami Okitama Shrine At Ise Japan 30-3-2016
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.
SETSUBUN ceremony is a Japanese traditional ceremony in houses, temples and shrines, to drive out demons and welcome good fortune in Spring by throwing roasted soy beans on the every 3rd  of February.
Temple helper arranges jars, Fushimi-Inari Shrine, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan. The Fushimi Inari Shrine is dedicated to the Inari god, whose messengers were thought to be foxes. The shrine is most notable for its hundreds of sequential Torii gates. 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
tokyo, japan - march 02 2020: Japanese queuing and praying in the Yushima shrine of Tokyo dedicated to the god of studies Sugawara no Michizane.
Miyajima, Japan - April 12, 2024: Shide (紙垂, 四手) are zigzag-shaped paper streamers, often seen attached to \
Kyoto, Japan - February 2, 2019: People dressed in traditional attire dancing in Setsubun Festival at Yasaka Shrine
Chinese Traditional musical instruments Allegro
Hand with wooden board for good luck
Tokyo, Japan: wooden haiden hall of Yasukuni Shrine ('靖国神社'), Peaceful Country Shrine - Shinto shrine founded by Emperor Meiji in 1869 - people paying homage to the spirits of those who died in service of Japan - curtain with chrysanthemum seal pattern (Imperial Seal of Japan) - Chiyoda-ku. Open access, no entry fee site.
Chiayi, Taiwan- 6 Dec, 2022: Wooden plaques written with wishes hang on racks at Hinoki Village Chiayi. This village type area is full of Vintage Japanese houses in which they sell souvenirs
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.
saitama, kawagoe - dec 31 2021: Asian females tourists holding a fishing rod catching luck diving papers shaped as red snapper called Aitai mikuji fortune telling strips which predicts your love fate.
A young Japanese woman in traditional Kimono praying at Hyakumanben Chionji Temple, Kyoto, Japan
Kyoto, Japan - December 16, 2015: Fushimi Inari-taisha.\n\nThis picture depicts Ge Haiden, which is a sub-shrine located within the premises of Fushimi Inari Taisha, a famous Shinto shrine in Kyoto. The Haiden is a worship hall where visitors can offer prayers and make offerings. It is a sacred space dedicated to Inari, the Shinto god of rice and prosperity.
Japanese female friends in Kimono vlogging in Tokyo.
Frontal view of the Hanazono Shrine, a 17th Shinto shrine, with mostly bare tree branches in the front and tall building showing in the background, located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Woman climbs steps of Fushimi-Inari Shrine, Osaka, japan. Dedicated to Inari, deity of a good harvest and success in business, Fushimi Inari Taisha is the head of all of Japan's Shinto Inari shrines, notable for its endless pathways of vibrant orange torii gates. 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
Votive tablets at Japanese traditional temple closeup. Ota district Tokyo Japan - 08.26.2019 : It s a votive tablet called EMA at the traditional shrine. Translation on votive tablet text Passing . camera : Canon EOS 5D mark4
Red Hair Bands Accessories - Chinese New Year.
Saga, Japan - April 30, 2019 : Shinto red donation box at Yutoku Inari Shrine.
Tokyo, Japan-January 3, 2022:\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 2022 is the year of tiger.\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.
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