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These are sake containers. I'm not sure whether they are filled or empty. All these are being given to the shrine, but I forgot by whom lar.. Funato san told me once but didn't note down. Hehe. Imaging drinking these sake... Oh gosh, you can swim in the sake!
There are three treasure houses in Oyamazumi Shrine, namely Shiyo-den Hall, Kokuho-kan (National Treasures' Hall), and Kanji Hakubutsu-kan (matritime affairs museum, or Memorial Hall of the ship Hayamamaru)
Kanji Hakubutsu-kan was constructed for permanent preservation of the ship called 'Hayamamaru'. Numerous books written by Emperor Showa and animal plant specimens from the Seto Inland Sea are exhibited along with other materials concerned with the Suign (Inland Sea navy) and matritime affairs. The exhibition also includes representative ore samples dedicated from all over Japan.
Actually it is prohibited for photographing in the museum. But I got took a few lar... ;p Entrance fee is required to enter the museums, if I'm not wrong it's 1500 yen per head, meaning RM45. But again we do not need to pay a single yen for it. Aahhhh~ What a pleasure! ;D
We are restricted not to enter the museums with our shoes on, so we have to take off our shoes and place them beside or in the cabinets provided. These brown slippers are given to wear into the museum. But then there are people who just throw their own shoes into the containers. Again that's not what Japanese will do.
It's a funny scene where you see the Europeans especially, find difficulties fitting into the slippers, and the kids find them too big to wear on. ;D
We were fortunate enough to have met a few special little girls and little boys in Shrine. They were brought to shrine for ''Shichi Go San" Festival. ''Shichi Go San'' means "Seven Five Three". Odd numbers are considered lucky numbers. Girls of age three and seven and boys of age three and five are celebrated on Shichigosan, and it is prayed for their good health and growth.
Shichigosan takes place on 15th November every year, but it is not a national holiday. So the parents would either bring their children on the day itself or the closest weekend. I knew about the Shichigosan festival, but I didn't notice that it is held in November. Thus, we are considered really lucky!
Most girls wear kimonos when making their Shichi-go-san visit, while boys don haori jackets and hakama trousers. I like this girl, very pretty, naive and adorable. And her kimono is the prettiest to me. I think she's only 3 years old.
Before we leave the place, we found that there's a pair of couple getting married in the Shrine~ That is really lucky! And they were taking their family photos. You can observe how Japanese show their respect to a ceremony through their attire.
The bride is wearing the most gorgeous Kimono called Uchikake. I read from internet that most people rent this kimono, however the rental still costs around A$5000, which is about RM15000 ++. WOW! This is even more expensive than buying a western style wedding gown.
On our way back to the parking place for bus there are souvenior shops along the streets. I found these towels very attractive so took a picture of it, only to realise something funny with the photo after we got back home. This lady is drying the towels using the dryer I think, and coincidently when I took the photo her dryer was on this piece of towel, some more on the important part. hahaha... ;p
Just beside the parking space there's this shop where there's a lot of food are being given to have a try on. I tried quite some of them, some are delicious! Some taste weird and some are even a bit nasty. But there's this mushroom tea which we like a lot. It has a very pleasant smelly and taste. It really taste and smells like mushroom! And also the orange tea, and mandarin orange tea. Very special and fragrant. Time is running out so didn't manage to try all the food. Ooooo~ I love it. ;)
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