how to pray the japanese way
People and Life (B&W)
© Kalandrakas | www.jessleecuizon.com
It is very easy to pray at a shrine like the Japanese people do. First, step up to the large wooden box and bow 90º to the shrine. Then throw some coins into the box. Typically a 5 yen coin is used because it signifies good luck, but 1 yen coins work just as well. Then ring the bell that is attached to the rope and clap 2 times. After which you can make your wish and pray to the spirit of the shrine. When you finish your prayer, bow again at 90º.
Read more. Japanese Shinto Shrine Tour
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Funghi's Perspective also took a shot of this old man --> here
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Daniel Hoye, tokyoPixie, sweetsexything, doctian, and 103 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Daniel Hoye (73 months ago | reply)
beautiful capture! Your KARMA Group
tokyoPixie (73 months ago | reply)
a wonderful photo! beautiful and full of depth.
© Ramon Garrote (73 months ago | reply)
Love the moment and the light of the scene, great work, very interesting!
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sweetsexything (73 months ago | reply)
i love this shot.. love the tone .. perfect!
lupus83 (73 months ago | reply)
realy great photo. Congrats!
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doctian (73 months ago | reply)
great shot! perfect composition and such a great capture.
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LOPPIN (73 months ago | reply)
great portrait, congrats
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Sad Ferret (73 months ago | reply)
This is definitely a picture I would love to have taken, just magnificent in my opinion.
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Hayath (73 months ago | reply)
Stunning work mate !!!
Can feel the humbleness of the prayer :)
Absolutely love the "feel" of the shot !
cordobits (73 months ago | reply)
Just GREAT! I love the details on the suit, the wrinkled skin showing signs of age-wisdom, perfect capture of a very solemn, sincere moment.
Kathryn Ariel (73 months ago | reply)
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Excellent!
AmicaB (73 months ago | reply)
love it.
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Nate-san (73 months ago | reply)
Amazing capture! Great work.
Yohei Sekiguchi (73 months ago | reply)
great capture. very beautiful work.
Daniel A. Norman (73 months ago | reply)
Great photo. A Fav.
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elise hori (73 months ago | reply)
very beautiful b/w shot....great capture!
ifotog, Queen of Manhattan Street Photography (73 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called I Love Black and White!, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
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Maki_C30D (73 months ago | reply)
great BW series, Jess!!
Tree Hugger Forever (73 months ago | reply)
Wonderful photo - thank you too for the text;
faust0matic (73 months ago | reply)
Nice catch!
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Sandstein (73 months ago | reply)
Thanks for licensing this image as CC-BY! Your choice of a free license has allowed us to use your image in Wikimedia Commons. The image is now used to illustrate one or more articles in Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
Lord Ivan (73 months ago | reply)
Indeed a moment well captured. Nice work! :-)
moogs (73 months ago | reply)
winner to :)
frederickagustin (71 months ago | reply)
Awesome picture.
24doce (65 months ago | reply)
Because of the creative copyright of this fabulous picture, I used it in a piece of mine. I hope you don't mind. It's only going to be at Flickr anyway :) And there is a link to this one.
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nasedojp [deleted] (64 months ago | reply)
Deep intimacy. Well Done
Farl (62 months ago | reply)
Dang this is good. it's as if you had the guy in a studio, background temple and strobe lights and all.
ned-i-m (61 months ago | reply)
good capture
this is mine
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Travnet. (59 months ago | reply)
Wonderful!
artur sikora (58 months ago | reply)
beautifully taken moment! superb!
The crazy Colombian (55 months ago | reply)
Hello kalandraka,
this is just a short note to say a big 'Thank You' for making your photograph available under a Creative Commons (attribution) license. I recently used it for a literary/photographic experiment of mine: a book (print and online versions available) that tells my story in pictures (It is calledZen and the art of photographic story-telling and I have used your photo on the Thank You page.
Thanks again for your generosity,
The crazy colombian
crazycolombian.com
Bill Jones Jr [deleted] (53 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called It's the Composition, Stupid, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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ceridwenn (53 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Kokoro no shashin - Creative commons pictures of Japan, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
hiç (52 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called justHUMAN (Faces-Lives), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
berta devant (35 months ago | reply)
So powerful in bw...
You could think in presenting it to this contest! Imatoria - XXI Century Temples
Your image show how faith is still present in our lives even with all the technology and changes.
SSamira (33 months ago | reply)
Hi, I just wanted to let you know that i adore this photo, It's truly amazing. As this your photograph is available under a Creative Commons (attribution) license, I have used it in my blog. So thank you so much.
I have linked the photo, so people can come here to see your other shots, they're amazing, well done.
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Thank you and keep up the awesome work.
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KetiKeti [deleted] (33 months ago | reply)
Great portrait ! amazing...
MsJennBaby (27 months ago | reply)
Hey, I used your photo on Facebook... please check it out and find me... Jennifer Hornbrook (I hope you dont mind... but i live in japan and needed a photo for the background to my quote...)
amituo_f (26 months ago | reply)
wow..amazing photo! thanks for sharing! l am using this for religion non-commercial, non-profit stuff! thanks :)
SonokoHAGIWARA (25 months ago | reply)
Wonderful shot!
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zegloff (5 months ago | reply)
Howdy Jesslee!
Thanks for posting your photographs on flickr Creative Commons. I loved this picture, and I used it in a blog post entitled "Want to Be An Artist? Here's the One Thing You Need to Know."
The link to the post with your photo is here:lifeinzd.com/want-to-be-an-artist-heres-the-o ne-thing-you...
Thanks again. I really appreciate you sharing your work!
Cheers, Z Egloff