It was very fine, rather warm in January.
Today I participated in the walking event of visiting the Seven Gods of Good Fortune in Miura ( Miura shichifukujin : 三浦七福神). It started at 8:45 AM and finished around 16:00 PM. There were about 200 participants and the paricipation fee was yen 600 for general people, and yen 300 for members. They distributed the portable hand heater before starting and gave us omiki (お神酒: sacred sake), snack, and daikon (大根 : Japanese radish) which is Miura's famous agricultural product after the event as the prize.
This was the second time for me to visit Miura shichifukujin, but last time I visited there by small bus, so it was the first time for me to visit there by walking. It was about 24 km long in total and my pedometer counted more than 36,000 steps.
Visiting the Seven Gods of Good Fortune is very popular in the New Year's Event, and there are many courses in Japan. In Miura some of the temples and shrines only open for the exposition of these deities from January 1 to 15. Therefore I decided to collect the stamps at every temple and shrine. Here attached the picture. To receive the stamp it cost yen 300 each and the cardboard cost yen 900, therefore it is yen 3,000 in total. You can get the completed one at yen 3,000 but I prefer collecting one by one. At the last temple a Buddhist monk wrote the date.
Names and attributes of Seven Gods are:
Ebisu (恵比寿) : God of fishers or merchants, often depicted carrying a sea bream
Daikokuten (大黒天) : God of wealth, commerce and trade
Bishamonten (毘沙門天) : God of warriors
Benzaiten (弁財天) : Goddess of knowledge, art and beauty, especially music
Fukurokuju (福禄寿) : God of happiness, wealth and longevity
Jurojin (寿老人) : God of long life
Hotei (布袋) : the fat and happy God of abundance and good health
Ebisu is a Japanese god, Daikokuten, Bishamonten, and Benzaiten are Indian origin, and Fukurokuju, Jurojin and Hotei are Chinese origin. Benzaiten is only goddess.
I hope my dreams come true.
Today I participated in the walking event of visiting the Seven Gods of Good Fortune in Miura ( Miura shichifukujin : 三浦七福神). It started at 8:45 AM and finished around 16:00 PM. There were about 200 participants and the paricipation fee was yen 600 for general people, and yen 300 for members. They distributed the portable hand heater before starting and gave us omiki (お神酒: sacred sake), snack, and daikon (大根 : Japanese radish) which is Miura's famous agricultural product after the event as the prize.
This was the second time for me to visit Miura shichifukujin, but last time I visited there by small bus, so it was the first time for me to visit there by walking. It was about 24 km long in total and my pedometer counted more than 36,000 steps.
Visiting the Seven Gods of Good Fortune is very popular in the New Year's Event, and there are many courses in Japan. In Miura some of the temples and shrines only open for the exposition of these deities from January 1 to 15. Therefore I decided to collect the stamps at every temple and shrine. Here attached the picture. To receive the stamp it cost yen 300 each and the cardboard cost yen 900, therefore it is yen 3,000 in total. You can get the completed one at yen 3,000 but I prefer collecting one by one. At the last temple a Buddhist monk wrote the date.
Names and attributes of Seven Gods are:
Ebisu (恵比寿) : God of fishers or merchants, often depicted carrying a sea bream
Daikokuten (大黒天) : God of wealth, commerce and trade
Bishamonten (毘沙門天) : God of warriors
Benzaiten (弁財天) : Goddess of knowledge, art and beauty, especially music
Fukurokuju (福禄寿) : God of happiness, wealth and longevity
Jurojin (寿老人) : God of long life
Hotei (布袋) : the fat and happy God of abundance and good health
Ebisu is a Japanese god, Daikokuten, Bishamonten, and Benzaiten are Indian origin, and Fukurokuju, Jurojin and Hotei are Chinese origin. Benzaiten is only goddess.
I hope my dreams come true.
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