Dec 17, 2013

The shrine

 On the way home, we stopped at the shrine that have been moved from the valley to the hill to avoid the flooding. Most of it was completely new.
 I don't know whether they moved this rock, too, or if the engraving was already on it, but I do know that the gold paint is new.
These are grave stones. In Japan people are cremated so there is no body in a grave. The memorial is said to hold the spirits of the family members who are enshrined there. Again this is new or at least the paint in the engravings is new.

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