Japan Adventure

Closer view. I wanted to walk up there, but there were a LOT of stairs, and too little time . . .


Barrels of Sake - "O-miki is reserved for rice wine used in Shinto rites and festivals. Sipping a cup is still a prayerful act of symbolic unification with the gods. Shinto shrines and sake manufacturers maintain a symbiotic relationship, in which the shrines conduct rites to ask the gods for the prosperity of the brewers, and — this is where the barrels come in — the brewers donate the grog that shrines need for ceremonies and festivals." - from a Japan Times article. And now you know . . .


Beautiful roofline.


Margie & Stan at Oogata Shrine (thanks, Terry!)