Hokkaido Shrine is a Shinto shrine with an area of 180,000 square meters and is located in Maruyama Park in Sapporo. It enshrines four kami - three Shinto Deities: Sukunahikona, Ookunitama and Ookuninushi and the soul of Emperor Meiji.
General view of the compound leading to the shrine.
Purification fountain near the shrine's entrance for visitors to wash theirs hands and gurgle their mouths as part of the purification ritual.
Step 1: Hold the ladle in your right hand, fill it with water and rinse your left hand.
Step 2: Hold the ladle in your left hand, fill it with water and rinse your right hand.
Step 3: Hold the ladle in your right hand again, fill it with water, transfer water into your cupped left palm, rinse your mouth and spit the water beside the fountain.
Note: You are not supposed to transfer the water directly from the ladle into your mouth or swallow the water.
Entrance.
Hokkaido Shrine.
We encountered a traditional Shinto wedding ceremony where the couple were dressed in traditional kimono. So lucky!
The couple performed their marriage vows to the 'Kamisama' (god).
And time for lunch... Steamboat (again) with chicken, pork, vegetables, straw mushrooms, beancurd, etc. A really really average meal =(
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