Done! Section 4: Basic manners when visiting Shinto shrines

 New Course: Japan In-Depth Learning 1: Japanese Basic Manners and Rules

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Title: Chicken with broccoli, heavy cream, and fusilli pasta

Credit for the food and picture @Melinda Erika Dothan

Section 4: Basic manners when visiting Shinto shrines

13. INTRO_Shinto shrine

14. What to do at the entrance

15. How to greet the kami

16. Photo manners

17. Other

So for me, religion is very diverse, as in my family, I can list a lot of religions, not just one. Plus, I also picked up new religions, or who knows... as after, I started to remember my grandmother, I had to realize that she was also teaching me a lot of other religions, then just the mainstream... 

With my kids, we made computer games in 2020, which also involved the Torii Gate, which is the symbol of the Shinto shrine.

I have two kinds of Reiki Master and Teacher diplomas. Reiki is also from Japan. 

The instructor compares the Shinto shrine with the Maori religion as well. I lived in New Zealand three times, and I had the chance to study the Maori culture and history.

And recently, I finally finished another similar education, which took me 8 years, but I am done. 

It was from Australia: Receive Sacred Andean Codes, Your Munay Ki Wisdom Initiation. The instructor teaches people how to become a shaman.

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When in Copenhagen, you visit Tivoli, you can find a part of the garden organized after a Shinto shrine.

My grandmother and her stepmother always carried with them their own textile handkerchief. As I remember, both of my grandfathers did the same; they also carried a handkerchief with them.

Title: Omamaori, Japanese charms

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Title: Omamaori, Japanese charms

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Before I moved to Denmark in 2015, I made a big omamori for myself. I called it halaadas kistakaro. That means, say thank you, little blanket. I made a small crochet blanket with a lot of details. I also tied a lot of small papers around it, with all the good wishes I wanted to achieve. 

Today, I also tried a Japanese drink in Illum, Copenhagen, Denmark. 

There, you can find a lot of Muji products on the 4th floor. 

The taste was watermelon, exactly the same as my favourite chewing gum had when I was a child.

Credit: @Melinda Erika Dothan

Title: Chicken with broccoli, heavy cream, and fusilli pasta

Credit for the food and picture @Melinda Erika Dothan

So it is enough for two meals, and there is more...