I live about 2 blocks from Maruyama shrine here in Nagoya. In fact, my neighborhood is named for it. So I decided to do hatsumode here. The first shrine visit defines the new year so I wanted to do something…
>On December 31st every year there is a ceremony that takes place at a Shinto shrine called Keta Daisha in Hakui-city, Ishikawa prefecture here in Japan. The ceremony is for the purification of the miko (shrine maidens) that will be…
