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I forgot to put this picture up last time. It is of the giant incense burners they have at most temples. You buy a few sticks of incense, chuck them in, say your prayer and then woft the smoke over areas you wish to heal or make good. Popular with the oldies and, sadly for the unwitting child, intense mothers.
As well as the super cool Monkeys, Nagano has a very lovely temple which unusually has two Abbots. One male, one female. Personally I think they couldnt have only a female abbot so stuck a man in there too. Not that I`m remotely bitter about the sex division in Japan. Which of course in 2011 there isnt. Much. Anyway, not wanting this to sound like an even worse version of Pray, Eat, Love, we woke up at 5am to attend the morning service. I got blessed twice, once by each Abbot and found the key to Paradise. Not bad for a days work. It was of course much more beautiful than I made it sound, but you know, cutting back on the smush these days. Gotta Be Cool.
