This is right after those participating in dontosai were blessed at the shrine. To the right you can see where people threw money, and the net put up to protect those behind it.
On the other extreme, I saw a ritual where people get real close to a fire [at a shrine] and pray. They showed a baseball player doing it, and when he was interviewed after he was done, he had a severe sunburn.
And this is outdoors, right? In Sendai in January...
ReplyDeleteI'm more and more convinced that Japan has a masochistic approach of winter.
On the other extreme, I saw a ritual where people get real close to a fire [at a shrine] and pray. They showed a baseball player doing it, and when he was interviewed after he was done, he had a severe sunburn.
DeleteI think that one was in Kyushu.