Kurumazki Shrine is one of the more interesting shrines in Kyoto. If you are in the entertainment industry, this is the place to pray for fame and success. An area of the shrine is dedicated to artists, and there are many red fence pickets with their names on them. It is also the shrine of special stones. You write your problem on a stone at the shrine and pray, then you take it away with you. After your prayer is answered you return the stone with a second unused stone. There's also an interesting story about how the shrine got its name.
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Kurumazaki Shrine in Kyoto
Maybe you'll meet somebody famous here!

By Cathy Cawood
Community writer

Many stones with answered prayer requests written on them

Donated barrels of sake on display

A long straight path takes you into the heart of the shrine

Many bamboo scoops lie across the water basin for purifying hands

Fence pickets with the names of entertainment artists on them

Photos and name tags of artists, actors, dancers, singers are stuck all over this shrine

I wonder if Diamond Dogs ever got their big break?

These fans were left by dancers

A metal lantern hangs from the corner of a shrine building

Green and gold lions (or maybe dogs?) stand guard

Small red shrine set back from the main path

Unusually shaped stone

Pretty red gate among the trees

The path leads under a stone torii

This board with information about the shrine made interesting reading
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Yui Yamaguchi
10 years ago
Very nice contrast between green and red and you're such a good photographer!
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