When staying in Asakusa near our hostel was one of the most famous temples called Sensoji. It is the temple that attracts most of the tourists that visit Tokyo. The Sensoji temple is one of the oldest and most significant temples. There and also the other shrines you walk up into the shrine and there is a "prayer well," as what I like to call it, that you say a prayer and throw a yen in. The reason why these temples are so special are because the spirits of ancestors are said to live in there and clear out all the bad in ones life.
Also outside of the temple is a fourtune slip where you put a coin and shake a number out of a cylinder. After you find your number on one of the drawers and pull out your fourtune. If you like your forutune keep it! If not then tie it on a tree or a board which is suppost to bring you better luck.
Always remember tho the first thing you do when you go to a temple is make sure to purify yourself with the water! For all my fellow travelers who went with me to Tokyo...lets not pull a Mary Alice and drink from the purification!
Our group in front of the temple!
Sounds like you learned some very cool stuff while you were in Tokyo! Thanks for sharing about your trip!
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