These sake barrels are offered every year to enshrined deities by members of the Meiji Jingu Zenkoku Shuzo Keishinkai including the Kotokai, which has made offerings of sake for generations,…

“Shakkei” (borrowing landscapes) is a Japanese garden characterized by its use of the natural scenery around it. Meigetsu-in is a Rinzai Zen temple of the Kenchō-ji school in Kita-Kamakura, Kanagawa,…

Ema are small wooden plaques on which Shinto worshippers write their prayers or wishes.