Rooftop Shinto Shrine, Osaka
I happened to spot this scene from my hotel window. It says so much about life in modern Japan. Concrete and steel fill the scene, but a small patch of greenery and spirituality remains.
Not sure if this image is tragic or uplifting.
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Whether tragic or uplifting, I don’t know, but it’s certainly awesome.
Even in this day and age of industrial and corporate urban surroundings, there is still space in Japanese life for the spiritual.
This is pretty common in Osaka; I thought that was the case elsewhere in Japan too?
It’s apparently a tradition when building larger buildings; spiritual protection from lightning, fire and other disasters. Sometimes it’s a whole shrine like this, sometimes just a small closet-like niche. It can be on the roof or occasionally on street level.