Shrine known for matchmaking blessings

Shrine known for matchmaking blessings

Photo taken in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2018, shows Tokyo Daijingu, a Shinto shrine known for its matchmaking blessings.

JAPAN-TOKYO-VALENTINE'S DAY

JAPAN-TOKYO-VALENTINE'S DAY

(220214) -- TOKYO, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People draw Omikuji, folded fortune paper, at the Tokyo Daijingu during the Valentine's Day in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

JAPAN-TOKYO-VALENTINE'S DAY

JAPAN-TOKYO-VALENTINE'S DAY

(220214) -- TOKYO, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman hangs her "ema", wooden plaques with people's wishes or prayers, at the Tokyo Daijingu during the Valentine's Day in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

Visitors to Daijingu (Grand) Shrine

Visitors to Daijingu (Grand) Shrine

Stereograph produced by Underwood & Underwood Co. After Tensho Kodaijingu was established as a guardian shrine of Yokohama in 1870, the hill was renamed Mt. Ise after Ise Shinto Shrine in Mie Prefecture. This photograph portrays people going on rickshaw to the shrine and people walking back. Copyright 1904.==Date:1904, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐92‐0]

Approach to Ise Shrine

Approach to Ise Shrine

Ise Shrine which is known as Oisesan worships the God Amaterasu Ominokami, and consists of the Kodai Jingu (naigu) which enshrines Yatano kagami , one of the three deities of Shinto, and the Toyouke Daijingu (gegu). Ise Shrine was a popular tourist spot among the masses.==Date:unknown, Place:Mie, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number46‐139‐0]