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Shrines
from Travel to Japan
by Drun3r n
Torii
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Torii, symbolic gateway marking the entrance to the sacred precincts of a Shintō shrine in Japan. Some authorities relate the torii to the Indian gateway arch, the torana, which reached Japan with the spread of Buddhism. Others connect the torii with traditional gates in Manchuria and elsewhere in China. The torii, often painted bright red, demarcates the boundary between the sacred space of the shrine and ordinary space. Torii also identify other sacred spots, such as a mountain or rock. https://www.britannica.com/topic/torii
Omikuji Omikuji is a type of Japanese fortune-telling. They are supposed to predict your near future. Usually, many people purchase them at the beginning of the new year and the prediction on it is supposed to be for the next year.
Omikuji can be purchased at shrines and temples for between 100 and 300 yen. In most cases, the fortunes are written on a small, white paper and placed in some sort of container.
Visitors choose their fortune at random either directly from the container or they pull a random number and get their fortune according to the number. There is no way to tell your fortune before you choose it.
Each omikuji is separated into categories such as love, health, and work. They also have a general fortune written onto them.&nbsThey are mostly written in Japanese, but some popular shrines and temples offer them with English translation.
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