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Shrine visitors write their wishes on these wooden plates and then leave them at the shrine in the hope that their wishes come true.
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In Japanese Shinto mythology, the primordial sky, the gold of all that is light and heavenly. Izanagi and his wife were given the task of creating the world
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Izanami, sister of Izanagi. together they created Onogoro, the first island of the Japanese archipelago.
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Pair of guardian dogs or lions, often found on each side of a shrine's entrance.
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Japanese indigenous religion of central importance in Japanese culture and history from the earlies time. As intimately bound up with its associated national character. Shinto exists only in Japan, where it underlines many of the basic structure of family and social life.
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Traditional Japanese gate commonly found at the entry to Shinto Shrine. Representing the transition between the finite world and the infinite world of the Gods