sanji
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| You have posted in this forum: Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:23 am Post subject: New Year in Japan - the most crowded temples & shrines |
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The most important celebration of the year!
Here is the list of the 10 most visited temples / shrines during the three first days of the New Year. The number of expected visitors was calculated by the Japanese Police, so you probably can expect those numbers to be rather accurate... As a matter of fact, two third of the population visit at least one shrine or temple during those three days, so if you want to meet with a huge crowd, this is the good time.
RankTemple / ShrineLocationReligionNumber of expected visitors1Meiji JinguTokyoShinto3'100'0002Naritasan Shinshoji Narita, ChibaBuddhism (Shingon)2'650'0003Kawasaki DaishiKawasaki, KanagawaBuddhism (Shingon)2'620'0004Fushimi InariFushimi, KyotoShinto2'600'0005Atsuta JinguNagoya, AichiShinto2'330'0006Sumiyoshi TaishaOsakaShinto2'300'0007Tsurugaoka HachinanguKamakura, KanagawaShinto2'100'0008Dazaifu TenmannguDazaifu, FukuokaShinto2'000'0009Omiya Hikawa JinjaOmiya, SaitamaShinto1'870'00010SensojiAsakusa, TokyoBuddhism (Sho Kannon)1'750'000
source : www.asahi-net.or.jp/~QM9T-KNDU/annualev.htm |
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Alessandro
Joined: 26 Sep 2005
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| You have posted in this forum: Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:16 pm Post subject: Re: New Year in Japan - the most crowded temples & shrin |
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An advice for people who are little afraid of the crowd. I'm going every year to Narita san, the number two on sanji list, and if you want to avoid the crowd, go there early morning on the first.
I usually go there to watch the sunrise and you can easily walked around.
If you are not afraid of the crowd be prepared for this
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