Japanese priestess "Miko" dance

A Japanese priestess "Miko" dances to pray for his success in business.
She danced at Imamiya Ebisu Shrine in Osaka Japan.

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• Japanese
• priestess
• Miko
• dance
• pray
• Imamiya
• Ebisu

[airrunwesker]

Which shrine is this from? AWSOME!

[thailucky]

It's Imamiya Ebisu.

[PallasAthene12]

It's a pity that the serenity and the solemnity of the moment is lost by all the spectators talking.

[bricology]

"i always thought youd see beautiful maidens in like anime or mangas, but i never knew some that are beautiful in real life could exist"

Miko are often surprisingly pretty.

[uphamtimothy]

In Shintoism, originally the conductors of all religious practices, were women like this priestess. But when Confucianism arrived from China, it changed the face of Shintoism. Confucianism is very male dominated with the "Protocols of the Proper Gentleman." At Shinto temples, all rites were rarely conducted by priestesses, but by priests. So this performance by this priestess, is going back to the original Shintoism practiced in Japan.

[ggthcgth]

エロ親父wでも気持ち分かる。巫女の仕事の一つは売春だったから­ね。

[girlforhope]

Absolutely gorgeous, the Japanese are so deep in culture, Just Beautiful.

[amerimashiro]

お祭りの耳ざわりな神楽、子供の泣き声、エロ目線満開で「おねえ­ちゃん」撮影に必死な地元のオヤジ。これこそ神道の真髄だね。

耶蘇など一神教のいかがわしく排他的な「真面目さ」を否定しつく­してあまりある。



[hisashi626]

古い文献に出てくる"Miko" dance ってこんなんじゃないですよね～

本当は下半身すっぽんぽんで大股広げて神様と対峙します。

神聖な力が宿るのは女性ではなく、女性自身という考え方だったら­しいです。

[veuvecliquot]

@TheInuyashafan50 no offense but these women are not geisha. MIko is a female priest/shaman. You might be confusing miko with the term maiko which is an apprentice geisha. thank you and peace.

[petrustella]

@abenoseimei89

suzu...

[infinitty88]

wow so beautiful oh the dance too:P