Hello! I’m Mishi! Today, I want to talk about Ema(絵馬). Do you know what Ema is?? Ema is a picture horse that you use to pray for your wish. If you go to a Japanese Shinto shrine or temple, you will see the people write their wishes and hang it…
Hello! I’m Mishi. I want to talk about Omikuji(御神籤) today. Do you know what it is? When you visit a shrine or a temple, you will see the people draw something. This something is called Omikuji. Haven’t you seen it? This is a very popular thing to do at a…
Hello. I’m Mishi! Today, I will talk about how to visit a shrine and a temple. The way I will tell you is called formal worship. Formal worship is a general way to visit a shrine or a temple. Some shrines and temples have their original way to do so…
Konnichiwa! Mishi desu! How are you doing everybody? All of sudden I want to ask you this! Which one is shrine or temple?? Can you tell the difference? I was watching Japanese anime”Natsume’s Book of Friends(Natsume Yujincho)“ today and got me thinking what is the difference between shrine and temple? If…
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