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Sake Barrels Meiji Shrine

My 100 Best Moments in Japan - 38/100
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wall of barrels

I saw this impressive display of sake barrels (kazaridaru) at the entrance of the Meiji Shrine in Shibuya, Tokyo. I found out that this is a story of give and take. Rice-wine brewer from all over the country making these donations and the priest is asking the god for their prosperity. On the other hand the sake is needed for the shrines rituals and festivals. It is a great symbiotic relationship which leads to this sake barrel monument:)

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My 100 Travel Highlights:

1. Introduction 2. Himeji Castle 3. Yakushima Island 4. Mount Fuji 5. Tokyo 6. Yaita city 7. Kamo River in Kyoto 8. Jodogahama Cruise 9. Nara Street Scene 10. Okayama Castle 11. Koi Pond in Yokohama 12. Osaka Dotonbori 13. Kyoto Street Scene 14. Narai 15. Rainbow Bridge 16. Osaka 17. Utsunomiya 18. Futami Beach 19. Meiji Jingu 20. Mount Shosha 21. Yaita Snowfall 22. Lake Ashi 23. Osaka Art 24. Rikuchu-Kaigan 25. Tsurumi 26. Ryoan-ji Rock Garden 27. Osaka to Kyoto by train 28. Yakushima Island 29. Yokohama Bay Bridge 30. Kyoto Kamogawa River 31. Tokyo Shinjuku 32. Fushimi Inari-Taisha 33. Seto Inland Sea 34. Jogashima 35. Ueno Park in Tokyo 36. Lake Towada 37. Kurashiki 38. Sake Barrels 39. Yaita 40. Tokyo Shinjuku 41. Seto Bridge 42. Gion District in Kyoto 43. Tokyo Skyline 44. Kobe Station 45. Tsutenkaku Tower 46. Karamon Gate 47. Yokohama Harbour 48. Namba Hatch in Osaka 49. Arashiyama in Kyoto 50. Shirakawago 51. near Yaita 52. National Art Center 53. Yokohama Mt. Fuji View 54. Osaka School 55. Toranomon 56. Kobe Suburbs 57. Kamakura Street Scene 58. Akabane in Tokyo 59. Yaita Street Scene 60. Octopus Skewers 61. Kyoto Street Scene 62. Jogashima Lighthouse 63. Yasaka Pagoda in Kyoto 64. Tokyo Night Walk 65. Kiso Valley 66. Kyoto Rickshaw 67. Yasaka Shrine Kyoto 68. Tokyo Shinkansen 69. Jodogahama Beach 70. Kobe Suburbs 71. Ise, Mie Prefecture 72. Osaka Railroad 73. Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto 74. Yokohama Bay View 75. Yokohama Tsurumi 76. Himeji Cherry Blossom 77. Yokohama Festival 78. Ise Jingu Inner Shrine 79. Yaita 80. Osaka Dotonbori Canal 81. Kyoto Neighbourhood 82. Ueno Park 83. Tokyo Akabane 84. Kyoto Nanenzin Temple 85. Hiking Break 86. Senso-ji Temple 87. Tokyo Shinjuku 88. Engyo-ji Mt. Shosha 89. Osaka Kansai Airport 90. Shinkansen 91. Ramen Restaurant 92. Hakkeijima Sea Paradise 93. Nanzen-ji Aqueduct 94. Minato Mirai 95. Yaita 96. Street Scene 97. Chevy Chevrolet 98. Tokyo Night Walk 99. Traditional Machiya House 100. Narita Airport