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Japanese Shinto Shrine Dog - Guardian Komainu Shishi

Description Small ceramic Japanese komainu shrine dog statue. Shinto is the native religion of Japan and many Shinto shrines will include two fierce-looking dog statues (see the next-to-last image below) guarding their entrance. The dogs (well, actually...

from YouTube on Tue, Jul 22 2008

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04 Dec 07		Antique Japanese Shinto Shrine Bell - Jinja no Dou Suzu  »  YouTube videoDescription Antique Japanese Shinto shrine bell (suzu in Japanese). These bells are used by shrine visitors as a means of announcing their presence to the resident deity. Shinto is the native religion of Japan, and there are shrines (jinja) to many...
05 Mar 08		Japan Shinto Shrine Jinja Ema Prayer Plaque  »  YouTube videoYumiko demostrates how to use an ema prayer plaque at a Japanese Shinto shrine. Ema are used in Japan by Shinto believers who wish to communicate their prayers and thanks to deities worshiped at Shinto shrines. Shinto is the native religion of Japan and...
22 Feb 08		Japan Shinto Shrine Gate Japanese Jinja Torii Tori Mon  »  YouTube videoThose who have visited Shinto (native religion of Japan) shrines in Japan may recall passing beneath one or more large gates (mon) at the entrance to the shrine complex. These distinctive structures are called torii in Japanese and are thought to mark...
19 Sep 08		Ema Japanese Votive Plaques  »  Japan Visitor 絵馬Ema are small, painted, wooden boards or plaques found displayed in Shinto shrines.Usually purchased for around 500 yen and bearing the chief symbol or characteristic motif of the shrine or an animal associated with the Chinese zodiac, ema are inscr...
26 Jan 08		Going to the Shrine  »  Japan Window During the first weeks of January 80 percent of Japanese people visit Shinto Shrines. Overall the people of Japan say they are non-religious, but if you pull back to a distance life seems well marked by religious rituals and places.
04 Jan 09		Sustainable Design: Ise Shrine (Video)  »  TreeHugger ABC Foreign Correspondent Postcard (5:18) The New Years holiday is a time to visit a shinto shrine in Japan. When I went to Ise Shrine, I made a real fool of myself when I talked to a guard and compared the structure to the pyramids of Egypt. He...

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