Hatsumoude is the first visit to a shrine of the New Year in Japan.
Note:
Hatsumoude=はつもうで=初詣
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During Hatsumoude, people make prayers and wishes for a very good year.
Heaps people visit a shrine during the first three days of January.
We wish New Year’s health, happiness, good luck, and so on at Hatsumoude.
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2021 is the year of the ox.
Therefore, the character of Ox is displayed.
Note : Ox=丑
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Usually we bow a little, and shake the rope to ring the bell.
But there is No bell because of corona virus(Covid19).
Just bowing.
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Anyway the view of the moon from the mountain was brilliant.
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At
丹生川上神社(Nyuukawakami Shrine) Nara Japan
More detail:奈良県(Nara)吉野郡(Yoshino-gun)川上村(Kawakami-mura)
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This shrine is 丹生川上神社(Nyuukawakami Shrine).
I like this shrine’s sounds of word.
Nyuukawakami Shrine
I always hear like “New Kawakami shrine”. It’s cool sounds for me.
Ryujin(龍神) lives in this shrine. (Note : 龍=Dragon 神=God)
Ryujin is God of water.
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Some shrines are visited by heaps worshipers every year.
I don’t see people much here most of time.
And so this is my favorite shrine.
Thank you for reading.