On Dec. 10,'11, a Japanese television program ' Discover world misteries' treated Meiji-jingu Shrine and introduced something new to me. So, the next day I went there for the first time since June 14 this year and introduce those new things here.
This is a scene of the new year's ceremony at Meiji-jingu Shrine on January 1, '11. A Shinto priest is beating a drum. Then the sun rises from the east end of Ometesando street. This shrine is on the ley line.
On the TV program the woman said, ' This is the power spot'. In Japan we use these two words to mean ' a mystical energy source'. The well was dug by Kiyomasa Kato(1562-1611) a warrior who lived during the age of wars.
In the precinct we see many heart shaped marks like this one below.
The last film is not from TV program but the one I took by myself.
This is a scene of the new year's ceremony at Meiji-jingu Shrine on January 1, '11. A Shinto priest is beating a drum. Then the sun rises from the east end of Ometesando street. This shrine is on the ley line.
On the TV program the woman said, ' This is the power spot'. In Japan we use these two words to mean ' a mystical energy source'. The well was dug by Kiyomasa Kato(1562-1611) a warrior who lived during the age of wars.
So, I went to see the well.
The well is in another garden which is called Meiji-jinngu Gyoen.
In the garden I enjoyed colored leaves.
On the right side of the approach to the main hall there were barrels of Sake.
Sake barrels
On the left side there were barrels of wine.
A barrel of very expensive French wine
This board explains why there are barrels of wine.
In the precinct we see many heart shaped marks like this one below.
This mark was symbolized from an eye of an animal. Then, what is the animal?
The answer is a wild boar.
A wild boar's head
This film shows the main hall of Meiji-jingu Shrine and the yard.
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