heian shrine is pretty too. i love all the gardens at the different temples and shrines. reminded me of hakone gardens, which is where aaron and i got married.
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here for some history of heian shrine. and click
here for six differences between a japanese shrine and japanese temple.
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| entrance |
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| lanterns outside the entrance |
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| "halfway to heaven" |
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| these symbols means something, but i forgot what the tour guide said :) |
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| looks like there is snow on the branches |
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| white stuff are actually fortunes. after you pray, you shake this metal box and a fortune stick comes out. hand it to the cashier and she gives you your fortune. |
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| if you like your fortune, you tie it on the branch so that it will come true. if you don't like it, you keep it. i kept mine - not necessarily because i like it, but for souvenir and also to ask my mom what it says (fortune is written in 3 languages - japanese, chinese, korean) |
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