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Summer solstice sunrise at Meoto Iwa, Ise
Geshi sai is the misogi purification ceremony done at sunrise at the Meoto rocks at Futami, near...
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Uploaded on Jul 1, 2011
Warm-up exercises
Seen here through the chinowa circle, the participants warm up with some rowing exercises in the courtyard of the Okitama Jinja.
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Uploaded on Jul 1, 2011
Here comes the sun
If you get the position right, the sun comes right up between the Father and Mother sacred rocks. ...
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Uploaded on Jul 1, 2011
Entering the sea
It takes quite a while for the 150 plus participants to make their way down the stairs and into the sea
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Prayer and purification
As the sun rises, the participants prayed and did ritual purification in the sea. There was a rendition too of the Japanese national anthem.
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Uploaded on Jul 1, 2011
Camera man
Not everyone was concentrating on the purification ritual!
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Amaterasu
A golden carpet laid out for the summer solstice across the Pacific Ocean.
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Uploaded on Jul 1, 2011
Emerging
Happy faces emerge from the sea and into the dawn of a new day.
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Feeding frenzy
A photographer's paradise as the sun rises for the summer solstice, shedding bright colours...
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Tokyo Daijingu entrance
Tokyo Daijingu has had an upsurge of popularity as a 'power spot' famed for its 'enmusubi'...
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Uploaded on Jun 17, 2011
Queue of women waiting to pray
It's not often you see a long line of people waiting to pray at a shrine.
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Uploaded on Jun 17, 2011
A chance to cool off
The shrine has gone to great efforts to cater for its female clientele with 'prettification' of the grounds and additions like this mist shower.
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Uploaded on Jun 17, 2011
Female throng at the shrine office
You have to struggle to buy your omamori and other goods as there's a constant throng looking for talismans (or should that be talis- men).
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Uploaded on Jun 17, 2011
Discussing one's fortune
There are some carefully sculpted trees and bushes to sit and contemplate your fortune slips...
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Uploaded on Jun 17, 2011
The wedding hall
And next to the shrine, behind the immaculate spreading pine, is the place on which all this business is focussed.....
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Uploaded on Jun 17, 2011
