Shinjuku
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Itoku Inari Shrine in Shinjuku, Tokyo
Here at Itoku Inari Shrine in the middle of Shinjuku. You offer a coin, bow, clap, then make your prayer. The red torii form a narrow tunnel that feels like a portal.
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Tori no Ichi in Shinjuku: Raking in Good Luck
Here in Tokyo, Japan in the Shinjuku neighborhood it’s Tori no Ichi, which is a festival known in English as the Rooster Market. It happens on the rooster zodiac days. And people come here and they buy ceremonial rakes to rake in the good luck, so to speak. Businessmen treat this as a serious investment…
