Monday, December 7, 2009

O-miki by the barrel

A morning at Matsuo Shrine 4450

A huge stack of sakedaru (sake barrels) at Matsuo Shrine near Kyoto. Matsuo is the home of the patron kami of sake brewers.

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Sake when offered to the kami is known as O-miki. It is one of the primary offering (shinsen) to the kami. After a ceremony the omiki will be shared among the participants and congregation.

I don't drink sake, but gladly drink omiki.

A morning at Matsuo Shrine 4449

The wooden sakedaru are wrapped in a ricestraw blanket to protect them during transportation.

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Most of the major shrines will have a stack of sakedaru, usually, but not always, donated by brewers.

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2 comments:

  1. I love all the different designs on the barrels. Can I ask if you took these early morning or sundown? Or perhaps neither!?! I'm mainly referring to the light in the penultimate pic.

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  2. That was Dazaifu Tenmangu, late afternoon, October

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