Paper Omikuji Fortunes are Tied up at the Yasaka Shrine, Kyoto, Japan.
Most Shinto shrines sell fortunes called Omikuji, on which is written your fortune. If you draw a good fortune, you get to keep it and take it home with you. But if it’s bad, you must leave it at the shrine and don’t take it home. There are always small stands with many strips of white paper tied on. This is where bad fortunes are tied. The concept is “leave the bad luck at the shrine, were the divine spirit can exorcise it".
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Location: Yasaka Shrine, 625 Gionmachi Kitagawa, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
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