About this time last year, I went and prayed at the grand festival of Izumotaisha Shrine in Shimane Prefecture. However, this year I went to its branch in Kyoto Prefecture for its grand festival.
The written oracle I got there said something like “you must always do good, because the deity is eyeing on you all the time”. During my visit to this shrine, I found things someone left behind in the restrooms of the shrine and the station and I took both of them to proper places. I am sure I must have done the same, even if the deity wasn’t looking at my behavior, though.
The photos are the sky over the torii of the shrine and a lonely sight on my way back.
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If you have a favorite character or phrase that you would like me to write, please let me know by sending it (them) to my address, chio_art@yushokai.com.
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昨年はこの時期に島根県の出雲大社にお詣りしましたが、今年は京都にある分院の大祭にお詣りしました。
そこでいただいたお神籤には、「神さまはいつでも見ているから善行を心がけよ」といったことが書いてありました。この日使わせてもらったお宮さん内のトイレと駅のトイレに忘れ物がありましたので、どちらも然るべきところに届けましたが、別に神さまが見ていなくてもそうしたと思います。
写真は、このお宮さんの鳥居越しの空と帰り路に見たちょっと寂しい秋の風景です。
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All people I like to meet/
Are the ones in the past/
O, autumn wind/
Calligraphy and translation by Chio
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さて、私の書で見てみたいと思われるお好きな字や、言葉などがありましたら、chio_art@yushokai.com宛にお教えください。
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