It contains Kinkasankoganeyama Shrine, a shrine associated with bringing its visitors financial luck. According to legend, those who visit the shrine for three consecutive years will be financially stable for the rest of your life.There are only a few people who live here, but there are over ...
Ainoshima has more to offer than furry felines, however. The island is small, about 5km to walk round. At the eastern edge is a small shrine and an interesting historical feature: piles of stones dating from the 5th century, calledtumuli(probably marking ancient graves). The coastline is ...
bring them good luck. Following this tradition, they built the small, cat-sizedCat Shrine(Nekokamisama), at the center of the island in dedication to a cat that was accidentally killed by a falling rock. The shrine can be found along the road about halfway between Odomari and Nitoda ...
Women came during the year to pray for a good marriage, and for a child, at the nagarkallus (snake shrine). An Indian beech at the snake shrine was tied with sacred threads. The base of the shrine was surrounded by several small cradles, fertility offerings to the snake god. Snake shri...
Fortunately, Louisville is home to the Louisville Slugger Museum and bat factory, a baseball shrine along the lines of the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, and a visit there was enough to convince Knox that moving to Kentucky might not be a bad idea. “I want to say we visited the museum ...
“Families facilitate the return of the souls to Earth by laying flower petals, candles and offerings along the path leading from the cemetery to their homes. The deceased’s favorite dishes are prepared and placed around the home shrine and the tomb alongside flowers and typical handicrafts, suc...
And here we pause with reverent eye,With silent tongue and awe-struck soul;For here we sense life's proper goal;To be like these, straight, true and fine,To make our world, like theirs, a shrine;Sink down, oh traveler, on your knees,God stands before you in these trees. ...