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Shrines & Temples

How to Visit a Japanese Shrine: Temizu, Offerings, Praying, and Omikuji

From a Japanese local who wants you to enjoy Japan: the torii bow, temizu, offerings, how to pray, omikuji, goshuin, and returning old charms.
2026.11.11
Shrines & Temples
Shrines & Temples

Shrine or Temple? How to Tell Them Apart in Japan, and Why You Clap at Only One

From a Japanese local who wants you to enjoy Japan: how to tell a shrine from a temple, and why you clap at one but not the other.
2026.11.10
Shrines & Temples