Category: tradition
Mikoshi Splashes into Sea in Wakayama Festival
Katsuura Hachiman Shrine in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, held its annual festival on September 21st, drawing tourists with the spectacular “Underwater Purification” ritual in which carriers of the mikoshi, or portable shrine, leapt into the sea from the fishing port pier.
Nomad’s land
Call them wandering mystics, if you will. But in vernacular, they are defined by one mighty compelling word: malang. The malangs dont have a place theyd call home. As such they are almost nomadic. They often camp in small groups next to shrines and may associate themselves with the.
Nomad’s land
Call them wandering mystics, if you will. But in vernacular, they are defined by one mighty compelling word: malang. The malangs dont have a place theyd call home. As such they are almost nomadic. They often camp in small groups next to shrines and may associate themselves with the.
Nomad’s land
Call them wandering mystics, if you will. But in vernacular, they are defined by one mighty compelling word: malang. The malangs dont have a place theyd call home. As such they are almost nomadic. They often camp in small groups next to shrines and may associate themselves with the.
Nomad’s land
Call them wandering mystics, if you will. But in vernacular, they are defined by one mighty compelling word: malang. The malangs dont have a place theyd call home. As such they are almost nomadic. They often camp in small groups next to shrines and may associate themselves with the.
Nomad’s land
Call them wandering mystics, if you will. But in vernacular, they are defined by one mighty compelling word: malang. The malangs dont have a place theyd call home. As such they are almost nomadic. They often camp in small groups next to shrines and may associate themselves with the.
Nomad’s land
Call them wandering mystics, if you will. But in vernacular, they are defined by one mighty compelling word: malang. The malangs dont have a place theyd call home. As such they are almost nomadic. They often camp in small groups next to shrines and may associate themselves with the.
Nomad’s land
Call them wandering mystics, if you will. But in vernacular, they are defined by one mighty compelling word: malang. The malangs dont have a place theyd call home. As such they are almost nomadic. They often camp in small groups next to shrines and may associate themselves with the.
Nomad’s land
Call them wandering mystics, if you will. But in vernacular, they are defined by one mighty compelling word: malang. The malangs dont have a place theyd call home. As such they are almost nomadic. They often camp in small groups next to shrines and may associate themselves with the.