Your Backpack Just Hit the Beam. That Sign Is Not the Temple's Name.
To say Watch your head. in Japanese, say 頭上注意 (Zujō chūi).
Your backpack just hit the beam. Those characters are not the temple's name.
頭上注意
Zujō chūi
Watch your head.
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- 頭上注意。 Zujō chūi. Watch your head.
- 頭上注意。 Zujō chūi. Watch your head.
Why this phrase
Sign decode. 頭上注意 means watch your head. It shows up on low gates, eaves, and covered walks at shrines and old post towns. 頭上 is above your head, not a place name. Duck before the crowd hears the thud. October shrine walks are full of these beams.
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