Japanese Shinto shrine priests hang the shimenawa, or the sacred ropes, between the Meotoiwa, or the sacred Couple Rock during the Oshimenawahari...日本
Japanese Shinto shrine priests hang the shimenawa, or the sacred ropes, between the Meotoiwa, or the sacred Couple Rock during the Oshimenawahari...
Shrine priest of Akama Jinja Shrine stands on the sacred rock as a part of Shimenawa matsuri, traditional ritual carried out on the shore of...
Shimenawa - Shinto sacred places are typically marked with a shimenawa which is a plaited rope, and shime: strips of pure white paper. These are...日本
Japanese Shinto shrine priest removes the old Shimenawa, Sacred ropes which hang between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests remove the old Shimenawa, Sacred ropes which hang between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of...
Japanese Shinto shrine priest blesses to Shimenawa, Sacred ropes before the hang between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests carry the Shimenawa, Sacred ropes for hang to between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests hang the Shimenawa, Sacred ropes between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of Meoto-iwa or the...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests remove the old Shimenawa, Sacred ropes which hang between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests carry the Shimenawa, Sacred ropes for hang to between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of...
Shimenawa, Sacred ropes hang between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of Meoto-iwa or the Couple Rock at Futami Okitama Shrine...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests remove the old Shimenawa, Sacred ropes which hang between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests hang the Shimenawa, Sacred ropes between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of Meoto-iwa or the...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests remove the old Shimenawa, Sacred ropeswhich hang between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests hang the Shimenawa, Sacred ropes between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of Meoto-iwa or the...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests hang the Shimenawa, Sacred ropes between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of Meoto-iwa or the...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests hang the Shimenawa, Sacred ropes between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of Meoto-iwa or the...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests carry the Shimenawa, Sacred ropes for hang to between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests hang the Shimenawa, Sacred ropes between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of Meoto-iwa or the...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests remove the old Shimenawa, Sacred ropes which hang between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests hang the Shimenawa, Sacred ropes between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of Meoto-iwa or the...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests hang the Shimenawa, Sacred ropes between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of Meoto-iwa or the...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests remove the old Shimenawa, Sacred ropes which hang between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests hang the Shimenawa, Sacred ropes between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of Meoto-iwa or the...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests remove the old Shimenawa, Sacred ropeswhich hang between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of...
Japanese people touch as bless to Shimenawa, Sacred ropes before the hang between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of Meoto-iwa...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests remove the old Shimenawa, Sacred ropes which hang between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests hang the Shimenawa, Sacred ropes between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of Meoto-iwa or the...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests remove the old Shimenawa, Sacred ropes which hang between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of...
Japanese Shinto shrine priests remove the old Shimenawa, Sacred ropes which hang between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of...
Japanese Shinto shrine priest removes the old Shimenawa, Sacred ropes which hang between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of...
Japanese Shinto shrine priest removes the old Shimenawa, Sacred ropes which hang between God Married Stones during the Oshimenawahari ceremony of...
Shizuoka Sengen Shrine is made up of Kambe, Sengen, and Ohtoshimioya shrines as a collective. Tokugawa Ieyasu sponsored the shrines reconstruction...
Shizuoka Sengen Jinja is made up of Kambe, Sengen, and Ohtoshimioya shrines as a collective. Tokugawa Ieyasu sponsored the shrines reconstruction...
People make 'Shimenawa' sacred rope as a preparation for the New Year on December 10, 1963 in Matsue, Shimane, Japan.
Japanese women making Shimenawa decorations for the front door on new year's eve on January 27, 1919.日本
Sacred child performs a ritual on a float named Yamahoko before the cuts a Shimenawa, sacred wire rope during the annual Kyoto Gion Festival on July...日本
Sacred child performs a ritual on a float named Yamahoko before the cuts a Shimenawa, sacred wire rope during the annual Kyoto Gion Festival on July...
Sacred child hold sword as performs a ritual on a float named Yamahoko before the cuts a Shimenawa, sacred wire rope during the annual Kyoto Gion...京都府
Sacred child performs a ritual on a float named Yamahoko before the cuts a Shimenawa, sacred wire rope during the annual Kyoto Gion Festival on July...京都府
Sacred child dressed in Japanese traditional costume cuts a Shimenawa, sacred wire rope during the annual Kyoto Gion Festival on July 17, 2014 in...京都府
Sacred child hold sword as performs a ritual on a float named Yamahoko before the cuts a Shimenawa, sacred wire rope during the annual Kyoto Gion...
Ceremomy to cut the Shimenawa, sacred rope to open the Mt. Fuji Climbing season begins at Fuji Sengen Shrine on June 30, 2014 in Fujiyoshida,...
Work to replace the "shimenawa" sacred straw rope hanging at the Kagura-den hall at Izumo Taisha shrine in Izumo in Shimane Prefecture, western...
Chigo" cuts a "shimenawa" from the Naginata Hoko float, which marked its 800th anniversary last year, during the Gion Festival on July 17, 2026 in...
Priests from Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine replace a giant sacred "shimenawa" rope with a new one above Nachi Falls during a pre-festival ritual in...
Priests from Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine replace a giant sacred "shimenawa" rope with a new one above Nachi Falls during a pre-festival ritual in...
Large stone monument engraved with Japanese calligraphy denoting 'Nachi Falls' stands beside a traditional wooden torii gate entrance enveloped by...
Tourists wearing sun hats walk across the gravel courtyard past the base of the massive, ancient sacred camphor tree at Kumano Nachi Taisha Grand...
Visitors and spiritual pilgrims walk past a colossal, 800-year-old sacred camphor tree wrapped with a traditional shimenawa straw rope in the main...
Visitors and spiritual pilgrims walk past a colossal, 800-year-old sacred camphor tree wrapped with a traditional shimenawa straw rope in the main...
Hikers carrying backpacks and walking sticks pass under a historic stone torii gate at the entrance to the Daimon-zaka slope along the Kumano Kodo...