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Tips 1 - 10 of 12 Tokyo Local Customs
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Lots of traveller might come across this and having a big question mark. What does this means? If you see this symbol or structure beside the pond, street, up on the hills or elsewhere.....this is the symbol of the japanese prayer called torri(meaning a gate). A place where you can find a temple or shrine in walking distance. I saw it in wooden and orange color. It might have some others different color.
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When you seeing a japanese showing this 'sign' to you....it means 'NO'. Is not a ultraman you saw on the TV program...:)
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The pagoda, a structure that has evolved from the Indian stupa, usually comes with three (sanju no to) or five (goju no to) stories. Pagodas store remains of the Buddha such as a tooth, usually in form of a representation. The one I saw in Sensoji Temple is 'goju no to'.
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Gates mark the entrance to the temple grounds. There is usually one main gate, and possibly several additional gates, for example, along the temple's main approach.
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Depending on the shrine's architecture style, the main hall (honden) and offering hall (haiden) are two seperate buildings or combined into one building. The main hall's innermost chamber contains the shrine's sacred object, while visitors make their prayers and offerings at the offering hall. The honden and haiden in Meiji Shrine is seperated to 2 building.
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I'm planning a trip to Tokyo end of this year. Your tips're very helpful. Thanks! | starburger Sun May 6, 2007 16:51 UTC
Great tip. | dejavu2gb Sat Jan 13, 2007 20:05 UTC
Hey Dennis... GREAT pages on Tokyo.... I'm thinking of visiting later on in the year. Your pages are very helpful. Thanks! Gareth | volopolo Sat Oct 14, 2006 18:11 UTC
lovely page! Nikos |
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