Japanese Temple

Julie and I went on a walk through Inokashira park, and found some sort of temple with many shrines.  There was a man inside playing the taiko drum and chanting, and outside, people came to worship or pray.  We saw that they would throw money in a bin of some sort, ring the small gong at the top of the rope to "awaken" the gods, and then say a prayer.  At the bottom of the stairs there's an area where incense is burned, and there were people who would waft the scent onto their bodies.  This goes on all day.  We don't know who or what they're worshipping or praying to, and from what we've learned - it seems THEY don't even know.

We just wanted to quickly share this video with you all.  We found it very enlightening & quite unsettling.  Pray for us as we have a full house of guests coming in tonight (Tuesday 14th).  We love you all! :)