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Deities restored to quake-reinforced Imperial Palace shrines

TOKYO, Japan - Shinto priests and employees of the Imperial Household Agency dressed in Shinto costumes carry the deities of the imperial family back to the three earthquake-reinforced shrines from a makeshift shrine inside the Imperial Palace on March 25. The deities, in the form of sacred objects where the spirits of deities dwell, had been temporarily housed at the makeshift shrine during earthquake-reinforcement work at the imperial shrines. The shrines, built in 1888, are used by the emperor and empress and members of the imperial family in various imperial rites. (Pool photo)

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Huge fans aired in preparation for festival

SHINGU, Japan - A shrine maiden stands besides a huge fan which is being aired along with smaller ones in the hall of Kumano Hayatama Taisha on July 5 ahead of the annual ''Ogitate Matsuri'' festival beginning on July 14. Kumano Hayato Taisha is one of three shinto shrines located in the Kumano district of Wakayama Prefecture. The fans are reproductions of the real ones owned by the shrine that date from the Muromachi period (1333-1568) and are designated as national treasures.

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Traditional tea-picking at Kumano shrine

SHINGU, Japan - Kumano Hongu Taisha maidens pick tea leaves in the shinto shrine's traditional ''First Tea-picking of the Season'' in the town of Hongu in Wakayama Prefecture on April 5. Kumano Hongu Taisha is one of the three shinto shrines located in the Kumano district, which from earliest times was believed to be a dwelling place of the gods.

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Princess Aiko taken to Imperial Palace shrines

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and Crown Princess Masako, who holds their daughter Princess Akiko in her arms, smile at their residence in Tokyo's Moto-Akasaka district on March 13 before taking their first child to three buildings enshrining former emperors at the Imperial Palace. The visit is similar to the traditional Japanese presentation of newborns at Shinto shrines for the first time. The photo is a pool one.

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Princess Aiko taken to Imperial Palace shrines

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and Crown Princess Masako, who holds their daughter Princess Akiko in her arms, smile at their residence in Tokyo's Moto-Akasaka district on March 13 before taking their first child to three buildings enshrining former emperors at the Imperial Palace. The visit is similar to the traditional Japanese presentation of newborns at Shinto shrines for the first time. The photo is a pool one.

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Traditional tea-picking at Kumano shrine

SHINGU, Japan - Kumano Hongu Taisha maidens pick tea leaves in the shinto shrine's traditional ''First Tea-picking of the Season'' in the town of Hongu in Wakayama Prefecture on April 5. Kumano Hongu Taisha is one of the three shinto shrines located in the Kumano district, which from earliest times was believed to be a dwelling place of the gods.

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Deities restored to quake-reinforced Imperial Palace shrines

TOKYO, Japan - Shinto priests and employees of the Imperial Household Agency dressed in Shinto costumes carry the deities of the imperial family back to the three earthquake-reinforced shrines from a makeshift shrine inside the Imperial Palace on March 25. The deities, in the form of sacred objects where the spirits of deities dwell, had been temporarily housed at the makeshift shrine during earthquake-reinforcement work at the imperial shrines. The shrines, built in 1888, are used by the emperor and empress and members of the imperial family in various imperial rites. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Kameido Shrine

Kameido Tenmangu Shrine (present-day Kameido Tenjinsha) is one of the three main shrines dedicated to Sugawara Michizane. The other two are Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine in Fukuoka and Kitano Tenmangu Shrine in Kyoto. The shrine is said to go back to the year 1661when the Shinto priest of Dazaifu, Sugawara Otorii Nobusuke, carved a holy image from the wood of the tobiume (plum tree) and enshrined it in the eastern part of Honjo. In 1662, the fourth Shogun Ietsuna donated the land to the shrine, and shrine buildings including the Romon Gate, Shinji Pond, and Taiko Bridge were later built in imitation of the Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐39‐0]

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Huge fans aired in preparation for festival

SHINGU, Japan - A shrine maiden stands besides a huge fan which is being aired along with smaller ones in the hall of Kumano Hayatama Taisha on July 5 ahead of the annual ''Ogitate Matsuri'' festival beginning on July 14. Kumano Hayato Taisha is one of three shinto shrines located in the Kumano district of Wakayama Prefecture. The fans are reproductions of the real ones owned by the shrine that date from the Muromachi period (1333-1568) and are designated as national treasures.