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That Camera With a Slash Is Not a Suggestion. One Click and Staff Appear. Survival ▶

That Camera With a Slash Is Not a Suggestion. One Click and Staff Appear.

satsuei kinshi · No photography

sign-decode #shrine

Everyone at the Shrine Is Tying Little Papers to a Rack. That's Bad Luck Being Left Behind on Purpose. Survival ▶

Everyone at the Shrine Is Tying Little Papers to a Rack. That's Bad Luck Being Left Behind on Purpose.

omikuji · a paper fortune drawn at a shrine

Cultural Wedge #shrine

Everyone Stops at This Stone Basin Before the Shrine. Nobody Tells You What to Do. Survival ▶

Everyone Stops at This Stone Basin Before the Shrine. Nobody Tells You What to Do.

chouzuya · the purification basin at the entrance to a shrine

cultural-explainer #shrine

How to Actually Pray at a Japanese Shrine Intermediate ▶

How to Actually Pray at a Japanese Shrine

nirei nihakushu ichirei · two bows, two claps, one bow (how to pray at a shrine)

Cultural Wedge #shrine

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