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Prayer and Luck: How You Pray
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  • Updated By bkoon on May 31, 2004
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  • Praying - Kyoto
    Praying
    by bkoon
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    How you pray is rather simple. The simplest is to put your hands together, face the god and bow your head a few times together with your hands which are together. At Shinto Temples, after you have prayed, you may ring the bell by pullung the long rope hard and bang it on the big gong. You may choose to burn a candle or the nice smelling joss sticks.

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    Prayer and Luck: Kaz Misses Love at Kiyomizu Temple
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  • By giampiero6 on October 13, 2003
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  • Kaz Narrowly Misses True Love - Kyoto
    Kaz Narrowly Misses True
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    by giampiero6
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    Towards the top of the temple complex, there is a fun little 'game' that will determine your fate in love. Two stones are placed about 25 yards apart. You have to start at one and closing your eyes, try to walk into the other stone at the end. NO CHEATING. If you walk right to the other stone without looking, you'll have luck, otherwise, time to hit the internet personals. For the record Kaz barely missed, but I walked straight to the stone....I'm not sure if the stones are right! It's fun.


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    Prayer and Luck: In the hyper-colourful...
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  • By Pavlik_NL on September 8, 2002
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  • Prayer and Luck - Kyoto
    by Pavlik_NL
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    In the hyper-colourful Heian-shrine (on a sunny day you can be blinded by the white grit and the bright-orange buildings) are wish-boxes. Make a little sacrifies (by paying a little in the box) and draw a wish out of one of the many little boxes. The text that is on the paper will be your future. Funny thing is that - if you don't like it - you can knott the paper on a tree in the temple and the gods will 'take it back'. According to the trees, the Japanese are not quickly satisfied (-;

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    Prayer and Luck: Prayers & Wishes
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  • By BorderHopper on January 10, 2005
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  • Japanese prayer cards - Kyoto
    Japanese prayer cards
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    There are many Shinto temples and shrines where travellers are welcomed. At some of these shrines visitors are may leave personal or special wishes for a small donation.

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    Prayer and Luck: How to make a prayer in Shintoism shrines
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  • Updated By AyurinHiro on June 5, 2003
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  • Learning how to make a prayer - Kyoto
    Learning how to make a prayer
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    In Shinto shrines, 1. Throw some money coins into the offertory chest. 2. Ring the bell (you see in this photo) 3. Clap your hands 4. Press your hands together and make a prayer May your dreams come true!

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    Prayer and Luck: Foxes are...God's messengers!
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  • Updated By AyurinHiro on June 6, 2003
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  • At Fushimi Inari shrine - Kyoto
    At Fushimi Inari shrine
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    This is a part of Shintoism shrine. Here you see foxes at the both sides. In those days, foxes are believed to be the God's messengers.

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    Prayer and Luck: some wishes do come true...
  • By husain on November 4, 2002
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  • Prayer and Luck - Kyoto
    by husain
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    (i guess) . write your wishlist out anyway...:)

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    Prayer and Luck: life is easy-
  • By husain on November 6, 2002
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  • Prayer and Luck - Kyoto
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    ...and theres a solution for everything

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    Prayer and Luck: Lucky animal
  • By felicitywu on February 1, 2005
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  • Prayer and Luck - Kyoto
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    I have been told if you put your hand on the belly of this Japanese lucky animal, which can be found on the street, it will bring good luck for you. Is that true?

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    Prayer and Luck: Make your wish
  • By daryll on December 4, 2007
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  • Put up my omikoji! Dont know what I wish for... - Kyoto
    Put up my omikoji! Dont know
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    Shinto is the way of Japanese religion. It said to be the way of god and it is an invidual matter. Shinto not necessarily to be practice only by the Japanese but whoever believe in it; spirituality. Right on Heian Shrine main building there is a tree for omikuji means sacred lottery. Normally shinto practice on this is you shake a box (contained pieces of paper of %omikuji%; until the omikoji come out in a shape of roll paper. Unrolled it to reveal the written sacred lottery. Once revealed you will tie it up on the omikoji tree hoping that the fortune will come true. Generally its all about wishing good in health, studies or even relationship.

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