Approaching Kushida-jinja (櫛田神社) after dark
path to shrine lit by paper lanterns and a vending machine
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Kamo Shrine (賀茂神社)
Kamo Shrine (賀茂神社)
Torii gate tunnel
Kushida-jinja (櫛田神社)
You don’t have to go to Kyoto to see a tunnel of torii gates. They are quite common at inari shrines like this one in Fukuoka.
Prayers and wishes
Kushida Jinja Ema (絵馬)
Watanabe San is hoping for some BIG (ビッグ) things to happen.
Kushida-jinja (櫛田神社) at night in the rain
The main shrine for the Hakata Gion Yamakasa (博多祇園山笠) Festival during a late night downpour of rain
Yesterday’s photo of this shrine was taken during my morning walk at about 6 a.m. (Yes, jet lag sucks.)
Today’s pic is of the same place about 15 hours later. The rain was coming down in buckets. I came back through the shrine to take a brief rest from the rain, not to take photos, but the lit-up shrine looked too good to just leave without saving an image. I took this hand held with a shutter speed of 1/13th of a second so I’m a bit surprised that it came out without any shake.
Morning prayer at Kushida Jinja
櫛田神社
During the first half of July this shrine is the center of one of the most famous festivals in Japan (Hakata Gion Yamakasa or 博多祇園山笠). Someday I want to be in Fukuoka to witness this event. I saw preparations being made and video of past festivals. It looks absolutely crazy. Groups of men representing different parts of town race with an extremely heavy float on their shoulders around tight turns and for fairly long distances. Trip near the front of the float and your odds of not being trampled are close to zero. I hear there are some fairly serious injuries on a regular basis and minor injuries are common.