Summer Photo Exhibition: Week of July 4th

Today's photo was sent in by Joji, from Tokyo, Japan:
    
              

      
      
Category: Culture
     

Comment:
      
"This is a special festival called Sen-nichi Mairi, which is translated to One-thousand-days Worship. When you worship at a shrine during this festival, you are blessed with as many benefits as that of one-thousand-days of worship.
    
"This picture is taken at Atago Shrine on top of Mt. Atago, in Tokyo where ground cherries are sold to worshipers. So this festival is also called Hooziki-ichi, Ground Cherry Market.  The stairs to the shrine are long and steep. These stairs are compared to the corporate ladder. This shrine is said to bring in the blessing of promotion. If you want to get promoted, it is worth visiting the shrine."

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Thanks, Joji, for sharing your photo with us!
         

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