visiting seven shrins and temples

Probably you think Japanese people love visiting shrines and temples.
And I think probably you are right, especially in New Year's vacation.
We visited 7 shrines and temples to see seven kinds of small statues and get special stamps at each place.
It is said SHICHIFUHIN MEGURI,

 

SHICIFUKUJIN means The Seven Deities of Good Fortune.

 

This video is TOKYO shichifukujin meguri.

Statues of the seven deities are in many temples or shrines in Japan.

We went OHTAHARA shichifukjine meguri.

For us it was the first time to do such a thing.

It was a big fun.

Now we know "there are many "shichifukujin meguri" not only in Ohtahara, but also in Ashigaka, Tochigi, etc," Probably the temples and shrines having such statues are in town which are used to be a castle town.

 

Unfortunately we don't have Utsunomiya shcifukujin meguri in Utsunomiya city, though  we have Tochigi shichifukujin meguri in this prefecture.

 

We went out with our lunch. It means we don't drop by at a café or restaurant.

However we enjoy the local snacks while visiting the shrines and temples.