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
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![Many stones with answered prayer requests written on them](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/14303-84502/1000/kyoto-kurumazaki-shrine-in-kyoto-84502.jpg)
Many stones with answered prayer requests written on them
![Donated barrels of sake on display](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/14303-84497/1000/kyoto-kurumazaki-shrine-in-kyoto-84497.jpg)
Donated barrels of sake on display
![A long straight path takes you into the heart of the shrine](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/14303-84496/1000/kyoto-kurumazaki-shrine-in-kyoto-84496.jpg)
A long straight path takes you into the heart of the shrine
![Many bamboo scoops lie across the water basin for purifying hands](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/14303-84505/1000/kyoto-kurumazaki-shrine-in-kyoto-84505.jpg)
Many bamboo scoops lie across the water basin for purifying hands
![Fence pickets with the names of entertainment artists on them](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/14303-84510/1000/kyoto-kurumazaki-shrine-in-kyoto-84510.jpg)
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](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/14303-84498/1000/kyoto-kurumazaki-shrine-in-kyoto-84498.jpg)
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?](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/14303-84506/1000/kyoto-kurumazaki-shrine-in-kyoto-84506.jpg)
I wonder if Diamond Dogs ever got their big break?
![These fans were left by dancers](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/14303-84507/1000/kyoto-kurumazaki-shrine-in-kyoto-84507.jpg)
These fans were left by dancers
![A metal lantern hangs from the corner of a shrine building ](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/14303-84501/1000/kyoto-kurumazaki-shrine-in-kyoto-84501.jpg)
A metal lantern hangs from the corner of a shrine building
![Green and gold lions (or maybe dogs?) stand guard](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/14303-84503/1000/kyoto-kurumazaki-shrine-in-kyoto-84503.jpg)
Green and gold lions (or maybe dogs?) stand guard
![Small red shrine set back from the main path](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/14303-84499/1000/kyoto-kurumazaki-shrine-in-kyoto-84499.jpg)
Small red shrine set back from the main path
![Unusually shaped stone](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/14303-84500/1000/kyoto-kurumazaki-shrine-in-kyoto-84500.jpg)
Unusually shaped stone
![Pretty red gate among the trees](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/14303-84508/1000/kyoto-kurumazaki-shrine-in-kyoto-84508.jpg)
Pretty red gate among the trees
![The path leads under a stone torii](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/14303-84511/1000/kyoto-kurumazaki-shrine-in-kyoto-84511.jpg)
The path leads under a stone torii
![This board with information about the shrine made interesting reading ](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/14303-84509/1000/kyoto-kurumazaki-shrine-in-kyoto-84509.jpg)
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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