Thursday, July 21st, 2016
This was a nice temple a lot newer than the ones we had seen. Then again, it was complete in 1922 and had to be rebuilt after WWII. I am seeing a theme with just about everything in Tokyo being rebuilt after WWII. Most of my WWII history focused on Europe. I wasn’t aware that Tokyo took on so much damage during the war.
As we entered the grounds, along one side of the street were Sake Barrels, along the other side of the street, it was wine barrels that came from France. Seems like someone thought Sake and French wines were important!
At many temples or shrines, you can buy a piece of wood t write your wish on it and then you can hang it in front of a special or divine tree. It is always fun to look at the wall of wishes – many languages from all over the world. I spotted one that made me laugh. “I wish to go to Disneyland” in small letters and in big letters “I wish to go to Disneyland and Disney Sea gain. A wish is a wish!
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