http://www.tracyfehr.com/con2.gif the picture is on that site.
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2006-06-21 06:21:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Japan
It isn't a real tree. It is a trunk with branches where people put their prayer requests and hope that they are granted. I think the prayers on the "tree" are called omikuji.
2006-06-21 16:49:55 · answer #1 · answered by tankgirl190 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I don't think this is tree as such.I believe it made to look like a tree but it's actually for people to tie their prayers to.In Japanese temples,one can pay a small fee for a prayer and then tie it to whatever is provided at that particular temple to allow the prayers to fly freely in the breeze.In this case,it appears that a serious of branches have been placed together to resemble trees.
2006-06-21 07:01:04 · answer #2 · answered by Max 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a typical pity tree used for omikuji in the yard at a Japanese Shirline or Temple.
Omikuji are fortunes written on slips of paper,sold at temples and shrines all over Japan. You shake a container full of bamboo sticks and then remove one through the hole in the container. It has a number on it, and you take a corresponding slip of paper with fortune written on it from the drawers.
Omikuji predicts the person's chances of his or her hopes coming true, of finding a good match, or generally matters of health, fortune, life, etc. When the prediction is bad, it is a custom to fold up the strip of paper and attach it to a tree in the temple grounds.In the event of the fortune being good, you has choice- either keep it, or attach it to a tree in the temple grounds. Because of protection of the trees, recently, special bars for attaching slips of paper are often provided by shrines or temples as a substitute of trees.
Omikuji websites (you can try Omikuji in English)
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~EB3Y-KKTK/omikuji/omikuji.html
http://www.pronet.co.jp/omikuji/index.asp
2006-06-23 16:09:16 · answer #3 · answered by . 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowing Chinese and Japanese culture has nothing to do with knowing different types of trees. Why don't you ask a botanist? Or at least post the question in another category...you'll probably get better answers.
2006-06-21 06:46:24 · answer #4 · answered by Happy 2008! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
♡This is one of many trees found at Japanese shrines and temples used for Omikuji. It is covered with fortune telling slips which are called 'Omikuji'. Looks like this:
http://char.way-nifty.com/blog/images/05omikuji.JPG
I always get my fortune when I visit a shrine/temple. I live in Japan. After I read it, I always tie it to the branch of one of the nearby trees AND other places as well.
http://www.tumeric.co.uk/stu/blog/archive/omikuji.jpg
"Omikuji are fortune telling paper slips found at many shrines and temples. Randomly drawn, they contain predictions ranging from daikichi ("great good luck") to daikyo ("great bad luck"). By tying the piece of paper around a tree's branch, good fortune will come true or bad fortune can be averted." Hope this helps!♡
http://www.univie.ac.at/rel_jap/bilder/izumo_omikuji.jpg
http://ipank.com/KBJapan/5505KyotoDay1/OmikujiTree.jpg
*You can get a (*^o^*)'cyber Omikuji here:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~EB3Y-KKTK/omikuji/omikuji.html
2006-06-21 12:10:58 · answer #5 · answered by C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is Japan. and the view looks like winter. The tree has no green leaves.
The white things are "Omikuji" as others say.
In summer, ppl ties their wishes and requests to the bough even there is green leaves.
2006-06-21 17:21:45 · answer #6 · answered by Joriental 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋