'Omizuokuri' ritual in Fukui Pref.

'Omizuokuri' ritual in Fukui Pref.

TSURUGA, Japan - Buddhist priests dressed in white pour special water into the Onyu River in Fukui Prefecture, on March 2, 2011, during the traditional ritual ''Omizuokuri'' -- meaning sending water. The ritual is based on a belief that the water will reach Wakasa Well in Todaiji, a Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, in 10 days and is then used for another ritual ''Omizutori'' -- meaning drawing water -- in the early morning of March 13.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001157144
  • Registered date
  • 2011/3/02 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2011 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1303 × 1319 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 499.53(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Tawur Kesanga Ritual Ahead Nyepi Celebration

    Tawur Kesanga Ritual Ahead Nyepi Celebration

    Balinese Hindu priests are sprinkling holy water on worshipers as they participate in the Tawur Kesanga ritual at Parahyangan Agung Pasundan Temple in Bekasi Regency, West Java, on March 10, 2024. During the Tawur Kesanga ritual, Balinese Hindus are worshiping and parading Ogoh-ogoh, effigies that represent demons or bad traits, which will then be burned as a symbol of victory over evil. The Tawur Kesanga ritual is the final series of rituals before the Nyepi, or Balinese Day of Silence, which this year will be celebrated on March 11. (Photo by Aditya Irawan/NurPhoto)
      Tawur Kesanga Ritual Ahead Nyepi Celebration

      Tawur Kesanga Ritual Ahead Nyepi Celebration

      Balinese Hindu priests are sprinkling holy water on worshipers as they participate in the Tawur Kesanga ritual at Parahyangan Agung Pasundan Temple in Bekasi Regency, West Java, on March 10, 2024. During the Tawur Kesanga ritual, Balinese Hindus are worshiping and parading Ogoh-ogoh, effigies that represent demons or bad traits, which will then be burned as a symbol of victory over evil. The Tawur Kesanga ritual is the final series of rituals before the Nyepi, or Balinese Day of Silence, which this year will be celebrated on March 11. (Photo by Aditya Irawan/NurPhoto)
        Tawur Kesanga Ritual Ahead Nyepi Celebration

        Tawur Kesanga Ritual Ahead Nyepi Celebration

        Balinese Hindu priests are sprinkling holy water on worshipers as they participate in the Tawur Kesanga ritual at Parahyangan Agung Pasundan Temple in Bekasi Regency, West Java, on March 10, 2024. During the Tawur Kesanga ritual, Balinese Hindus are worshiping and parading Ogoh-ogoh, effigies that represent demons or bad traits, which will then be burned as a symbol of victory over evil. The Tawur Kesanga ritual is the final series of rituals before the Nyepi, or Balinese Day of Silence, which this year will be celebrated on March 11. (Photo by Aditya Irawan/NurPhoto)
          Temple decides not to buy pro-Pyongyang group's land

          Temple decides not to buy pro-Pyongyang group's land

          FUJISAWA, Japan - Ekan Ikeguchi, head of Saifuku temple in Kagoshima Prefecture, holds a press conference in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on May 10, 2013. The chief priest of the Buddhist temple officially announced that it has dropped a plan to buy the land and head office building of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon. The temple won the bidding for the site of the pro-Pyongyang group in March.
            Todaiji festival

            Todaiji festival

            NARA, Japan - Sparks fall from a giant torch held by a bearer leading a group of Buddhist monks passing the outer corridors of Nigatsudo hall at Todaiji temple in Nara on March 12, 2012, as part of the temple's Omizutori festival.
              Todaiji festival

              Todaiji festival

              NARA, Japan - Photo with 2-minute exposure shows the bearer of a giant torch leading a group of Buddhist monks passing the outer corridors of Nigatsudo hall at Todaiji temple in Nara on March 12, 2012, as part of the temple's Omizutori festival.
                Nara's Todaiji temple opens museum

                Nara's Todaiji temple opens museum

                NARA, Japan - Photo shows a Buddha statue in the museum of the Todaiji Buddhist temple in Nara, western Japan on Oct. 10, 2011. The museum opened the same day to exhibit the temple's treasures.
                  Todaiji temple to open museum

                  Todaiji temple to open museum

                  NARA, Japan - Kosei Morimoto (R), a priest at Todaiji temple in Nara, western Japan, holds a poster about a new museum on July 21, 2011. The temple, part of the World Heritage site in Nara, will open the museum on its premises on Oct. 10 to exhibit its Buddhist sculptures and other artworks.
                    Buddhist, Shinto joint service for disaster victims

                    Buddhist, Shinto joint service for disaster victims

                    KAMAKURA, Japan - A Buddhist priest (L) conducts a ritual for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a memorial service held jointly by Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shinto shrine and Todaiji Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 12, 2011. On the right are Shinto priests taking part in the rite.
                      Buddhist service quake victims in Nara

                      Buddhist service quake victims in Nara

                      NARA, Japan - Buddhist priests, including visiting monk Neng Xiu (4th from L) from Daming Temple in the Chinese province of Jiangsu, take part in a Buddhist service to console the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, at Toshodaiji Temple in Nara, western Japan, on March 30, 2011.