Shinto ritual in a shrine near Kyoto in 2006

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• shinto
• ritual
• Kyoto
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[dangelz00]

@cannagli its kinda cool.

[cannagli]

@dangelz00 in a lot of shinto shrines you here of these spirits appearing on video. For some reason japanese ghost appear with greater clarity than ghost elsewhere.

[dangelz00]

@cannagli Omg. I saw it too.

[jtl0123]

japan is jus an isolated island in the middle of the ocean man. its kinda borin really

[cannagli]

Is it just me or when the priest bows in :52, to his right in the background it looks like a someone in a white robe is there. When the camera goes down in :56, who or whatever it was vanishes!

[dan020350]

i love the shino :)

[JoniOdin]

why that?

[Tex259]

and your ignorant

[Tex259]

your an idiot

[JoniOdin]

agree @eshed888