Ema – 絵馬
Ema (絵馬) are small shinto traditional plaques that are usually located below sacred trees in Japanese shrines. When you go to a shrine you buy an ema, you write your wishes and hopes into it and they you hang it together with the other emas. Emas are near the gods, so they can read them and make your dreams come true. When people goes to shinto shrines they go to “ask for wishes” more than “praying” like we are used to see in other religions.
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Neil Duckett
17 January, 2008
That`s what i like about Meiji Jingu.
Echy
17 January, 2008
So does that means you can also read other people’s wishes? Interesting… By the way, love your website, it is very insightful. Thanks!
kirai
17 January, 2008
yes, you can. But it’s considered very very RUDE!
Pete
17 January, 2008
Were your pictures at the Meiji shrine? I saw the exact same ones when I was in Tokyo this summer. Very very beautiful.
Jon
18 January, 2008
I always wondered what those were.
Jeanine Simon
26 March, 2008
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