Shiwasu no Ooharai

or "December Cleaning"... of your soul that is.

Today, in anticipation of tonight's festivites, we went to the Hachimon shrine - the big, local Shinto temple and cleaned our souls of last years sins. It was a conviniently simple procedure. It goes as follows:


1. Write your name


2. Wipe paper on self


3. Blow... oooh, sexy momma.


4. Submit


5. Pay


6. Recieve a fortune.

Plus the satisfaction of having a sparkly, squeeky clean soul for the New Year.

Yay!

Tags: Japan | Takayama | religion | Shinto | New Year