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Stick a Coin
Posted by Steve Rice (Olympia, United States) on 18 August 2007 in Lifestyle & Culture.
People try to stick coins in the straw rope of the shimenawa.
csong from tempe, United States
why did they stick coins in the straw? Are they making a wish?
18 Aug 2007 4:28pm
@csong: Yes, I believe this is a good luck type of thing. I'm tall enough I could reach up and push the coin into the straw. The typical Japanese person is too short. People also toss coins up on the ropes of the shimenawa. That's much harder than it sounds at least for me. The coins keep wanting to slide off. I finally got one to stay.
kairospix from Singapore, Singapore
what an interesting thing to do
if i have the time i would wait under to collect all that dropped! :)
18 Aug 2007 4:40pm
Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia
Good contrast between the people and the architecture here. Interesting cultural point to this, too.
22 Aug 2007 6:45am
