That is false religion. It cannot save your soul or even give you true peace of the heart! Because it is not life, but death. You are to know your Creator, the One who made you. He knows what is good for you and if you obey Him, He will give you true peace in your heart. Do you know Who is your Creator? ruclips.net/video/LSP0pYAZC4U/видео.html
@@stoptheasianhate1265 the truth is only one. I don't want people to live a lie and at the end of their life to go to hell because there is no way out of there. I love people and I wish they would choose true life and the only truth.
@@agnrciag sir I respect you and where you are coming from but please as another human being from another let people live their lives as they want to I really hope you have a good night goodbye
I'm always so sad in the best way possible when these videos end. It's so interesting learning about this culture. It's an entirely new world it feels like and I really want to experience it for myself one day!
I have dreamed of visiting Japan all my life. I am not a religious person at all, but I want to visit as many Shinto Shrines as possible. I'm sure I would get very... emotionnal at a shrine. Just from the videos I've seen, there seem to be something so... serene and peaceful in these places. This is something I need right now. Modern life is too fast...
We watched many youtube videos today about Japan and my 10 year old son said "This was the best video about Japan we watched today" when we finished this one... so your wish came true!
Japan is so full of many traditions. The culture and rituals are so beautiful. Thank you for sharing.this. If I ever, or should I say "when", I go to Japan, I will make it a point to visit the shrines. I just wonder how a Christian would be accepted in a Shinto shrine. Then again, I'm sure the Japanese are used to seeing foreigners with their cameras wondering around everywhere.
No matter what kind of religion you believe, you are welcomed as long as you behave and are respectful. Only some Koreans are not welcomed because thay often steal statures from temples, do graffiti, and even set fire to shrines.
Shinto isn't a religion, it is moreso a spiritual practice/a culture. Most people that practice Shintoism actually would say Buddhism is their religion. There is no religious affliction with Shinto, one of the many great things about it 😊
That is the most understandable video telling non-japanese the way to visit a shrine i've ever watched. By the way, with who did you record that video? I've thought you take a record on your own but sometime I can see your whole.
懐かしいですよね。ちょっとちかさんがうらやましくて、景色やお着物が本当に美しいなんです。早く日本に帰りたいです。僕がちかさんのビデオを見たら、いい感じになりますよ。ビデオを撮ってくれてありがとうございます。それに、 I'm glad to see you enjoying the things that I couldn't while I lived in Japan. You inspire me to start vlogging, too, but I'm so nervous and I don't really have anywhere nice to vlog.
Meiji Jingu was undoubtedly my favorite part of visiting Tokyo and my fondest memory of Japan thus far. If Tokyo was a desert Meiji Jingu would be it's oasis, it's a magical place! 全然諦めないチカ！
This was very educational for me. I've been researching proper etiquette in Japan for my travel next year, because i want to visit my first shrine and wanted to pray and be respectful. Thank you
I just went there last week! Amazing place walking in from Yoyogi and I managed to see a traditional wedding held there. Now I know the customs, I will be sure to follow them the next time I visit Meiji Jingu.
Your channel seriously inspires me to work hard at my Japanese language as I hope to live in your beautiful country some day. I would like to say thank-you! So many treasured traditions, I am very envious of you and your cultural experiences!
what a great video! I wish I had had someone like you with me while I was stationed in Japan to help me understand what I was seeing and experiencing. I would have appreciated it so much more.
I'm planning a trip in 2018 and now I feel so inspired to absorb the spiritual side of this culture when the neon lights and craziness (no offense meant by that rather its amazement) is out the way. Such good quality videos well done :)
Hi, I've just come across your channel and think its great. My wife and I have visited Japan twice after hosting many Japanese students in Australia. Such a beautiful country with fantastic people. I will spend many hours watching your vids and giving me ideas and explanations. Thankyou so much Mark
Your videos are really good for listening! Actually I am studying English in Seattle now :)) But I have to leave here in a few days....... I just I want to say thank you for providing those nice videos. I will keep leaning English with ur videos:))))
I just came across your wonderful video. Thank you very much for sharing. Everything was explained in an easy to understand means. I will remember all this when I visit Japan.
Thank you for another beautiful video about Japan! About washing hands, I learnt one more step from my grandparents (Japanese). After you rinse your mouth, pour rest of the water in the cup to the handle so the next person can use it clean. I also learnt I don't need to actually rinse my mouth, but pretend to do so, such as bringing the cup close to the mouth, not putting water in it. I'm looking forward to your next video as well as bilingirl channel!
great video. lots of positive energy. even the background music is great. i was surprised by the fact that they had english fortunes along side the japanese ones. i'll have to put this on my long list of to-dos. keep doing what you do best
I was so surprised about that this is your first Hatumode. Good guide and happy new year Chika! I hope you also can introduce Yokohama China Town because these days is Chinese new year!!
Dear CHika, You are such a beautiful person and I am so happy to have discovered your Channel today - of which, I am your newest subscriber!! Yea! I am studying about Japanese Miko and Ama and am fascinated. I have been watching the NHK tv drama "Amachan" which I guess played for 15 mins every weekday morning, and I don't understand a word of it. I study the sounds, trying to recognize recurring ones, watch the gesture, and listen to the intonation. I will be buying Rosetta Stone Japanese 1 very soon. Do you have any other Japanese program recommendations? This was a lovely video and I am so happy you were the one to show me the ropes. That was a Gorgeous kimono - loved that color. Can't wait to watch your other videos. So happy to virtually-meet you. Happy wishes. Bahia
Meiji Shrine is such a beautiful place (and so are all of the other shrines in Japan). When I was at the shrine in late September 2012, I saw not just one but three wedding couples. All the brides had white wedding kimonos - shiromuku (白無垢) and big hoods/"veils" - wataboshi (綿帽子) on their heads. It was really amazing just to see one couple walked by, but just a few minutes later two more couples walk out from some buildings, I don't think that happens very often.
Aww Chika this was such a lovely video! You look so stunning in your Kimono. My dream is to live in Japan long enough to experience all the cultural things that visiting tourists don't get to experience.
I am Japanese, but I didn't know a lot of things you mentioned on this video. your Japanagos channel could be some tool for me to learn my own culture as well. I love your both channels!!
Thank you for this video. I am doing a presentation for the Shinto religion and this has helped me understand the more real and common parts of hatsumode that ive been searching for. subbed
Thank you very much for sharing this beautiful video :) I really really want to visit Japan, and this shrine is now a must-visit on my list :) I was feeling so much positive energy even just watching the video, I can imagine how calm and positive it would be to actually be there. Lots of Love to you ♥
Very informative video! My favorite shrine so far is the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine in Kamakura. If I can ever make it to Izumo I suspect that will be my new favorite.
Just discovered your channel today! I love it! I went to Japan for the first time this year (accidentally during cherry blossom season! what luck!) and fell in love with the country! Your videos take me back to my experience and are helping me to plan my next trip. :D
I think I will recommend this video to any "gaijin" that's willing to visit a shrine in Japan, but I think there are two things you forgot to mention: 1) at the temizuya, you have to wash the handle of the ladle, too, before putting it away; 2) after you say your prayer to the gods, you have to bow once and then step back. I'm not completely sure about these 2 things, I have never been to Japan and all I know comes from books and videos. Don't take it as criticism, I'm just asking to know if I'm right. Your videos are beautiful and informative nonetheless. : )
Thank you so much for this! I adore Japan and it's culture and it's great to see it's traditions and stuff and to learn more! :) I learnt a lot in this video. Thank you!
I really like this video. I ´ve watched it before I visited Japan so it helped me to try to do the things right. When I see this video, it reminds me my great time in japanese shrines. Thanks a lot!
I am grateful for the kindness of my neighbors. Life would be more difficult if they were difficult to deal with, I feel like the simple and short, non obtrusive expressions of goodwill can amount to a lot over time. I am grateful as well for the food delivery people who have delivered food to my house, I really just appreciate their willingness to bring food to me, its a convenience for me and extra work for them so I express the appreciation that I am in such a position to receive such a luxury. Chefs as well (we persuade them to add more fresh and healthy ingredients for us all!), I give thanks for, because they have made healthy foods that I could not have made, and they have provided it out of kindness of their hearts in an unbiased way for the public. I appreciate the vegetarian options on menus of local restaurants, because I am vegetarian, I was raised this way and did not have to train myself later, for that I thank my parents. I appreciate the spirit of the Chefs and their calling to provide foods, a basic element of life, to us.
I use this video in my world religions class. The RUclips generated subtitles (for ADA compliance) are terrible. Here are more accurate subtitles: CHIKA: Let's go pray. Let's go make a wish. Hey guys. Welcome to the Japanganos Channel. My name is Chika. I am wearing a kimono today. I am going to my first hatsumode. So hatsu means first, and mode comes from [JAPANESE], which means to warship at a shrine. And it's actually my first time doing hatsumode, so it's actually my hatsu hatsumode. And we are at Mejijingu. This kimono that I have on is of a pattern that you wear for New Year's called takaradukushi. So it has lots of motifs that represent good luck, [JAPANESE], as I told you guys in my last video. Here is the main torii, the main gate, and I'm going to go in there and wish for a great year. This is basically a gate that separates people from the gods. So before entering, you want to take a bow, and you want to walk along the side rather than in the middle, because the middle is God's path. I'm going to take a bow. I'm in the sacred land. All right. We've got another gate. Take a nice bow. And we're going to enter. Bow, and go in. People usually go to hatsumode, their first shrine visit of the year, on the first, second, third, fourth-- the first four days of the new year. But I've decided to go a little later, because it gets crazy crowded the first four days. I think this year they made a record of the three million people at just this shrine at Mejijingu. So it's ridiculous. All right. So before we go and pray, you have to wash your hands at this place, called temizuya. And there's a right way to do this. You don't just go in and wash it however you want. So I'll show you guys. The water is pretty cold, but you've got to do this before you go in and pray. And you guys saw that I washed my left first, right, and then you take a little bit of water in your hand and you rinse your mouth. And then you're ready to go pray. So let's go. Let's go pray. Let's go make a wish. I've got a goendama. This is 5 yen. It's good to put one of these in, because goen means good luck. There's a proper way to pray. So you bow twice, you clap twice, and then you bow once. You want to make sure when you clap your hands that you move your right hand slightly lower, and then clap, and then put it back. And that's how you do it at most Shinto shrines, and it's different if you go to a temple. And there's some variations, depending on where you go. OK. So I can't film, so I'm just going to go do this. I prayed. Next, I'm going to get an omikuji. If you've seen my other video, I talk about it. But it's basically a fortune or an oracle. And let's hope I get the best one. And you can usually get them 400 yen. So here we go. We have an English one and a Japanese one. Let me get the English one for you guys, so you understand-- not because I can't read Japanese. All right. [INAUDIBLE]. Doki doki. You know that onomatopoeia, doki doki? It means your heart's beating-- you're nervous. It doesn't have my thing on here. [SPEAKING JAPANESE] So I got my omikuji, my fortune, and I was expecting to get-- well, I wanted daikichi-- but one of the 12 ranks or so that I explained about before. But at Mejijingu, you don't get a rank. You get a poem. And the poem, basically-- there's different kinds of poems in there, and that kind of symbolizes what your year is going to be. And so I'll read you guys my poem. Let's see. It says if we falter in resolve just because the task is hard, no accomplishment can follow. It is the world's way. Emperor Meiji. I guess I have some trials and tribulations coming my way, but I won't give up, and I'll keep trying. [SPEAKING JAPANESE] Hi. [JAPANESE]. my good luck charm for becoming a RUclipsr. But every year, you come and get a new charm. And then the next year, when you get a new charm, you want to bring your old one and they'll burn it for you. This is called an ema. As you'll see, there's lots of them around me. And you write a wish on this side, and then you hang it up and hope it comes true. So my hands are freezing cold, so I could barely write. But I wrote, I wish all those around me that I love are happy and healthy, and I hope to make people around the world happy with my RUclips videos. January 16, 2014. Chika. Yay. I had a very good hatsumode day. I hope you guys got to enjoy a little bit of it yourselves and understanding what hatsumode is all about. And I am going to leave the gate now. So I'll take another bow and leave.
Do you have to bring the old omamori? I saw some people wearing like 5 of them on there bags or rucksacks so I assumed they were collecting there old once?
!!!!!!!!!! 8) muito bom Chika, estou gostando muito dos seus vídeos... Está perfeita!!! Você está me fazendo conhecer lugares incríveis, que eu nem imaginava existir... Por favor, continue!!! Quando alguém falar mal de você, não se preocupe, na verdade, estão com inveja de você Chika!!! #parabéns
oh i've been here before! it's such a pretty place! really am amazed how elegant the Shinto religion is. :) thanks for explaining everything it's really useful to learn about the place from a Japanese perspective. thank you
What a breathtaking place to go! It looks like it'd be very peaceful and full of positive energy. I just discovered your channel and your videos make me want to visit even more! Thank you for adding the back story so we could further see its importance and value. It was really moving :-)
Reminds me of my first Hatsumode, also at Meiji Jingu, but I actually went on the first of January. A friend of mine accompanied me. This year, I'll be a bit late and also probably alone, but now I know at least the proper way of praying. Maybe that's why my wish didn't come true yet.
As an Indian I can easily connect with the Shinto Shrine culture and prayers and traditions
Japan is an amazing nation and an inspiration to the World
Thank you guys for the wonderful comments! Glad you enjoyed exploring Meiji Shrine with me :) I learned a lot as well!
Thanks
hi
Japanagos（ジャパナゴス） Can you visit these shrines whenever you want? or does it have to be some sort of special occasion?
+mollie turner for what I know you can do it anytime you want!
+Japanagos（ジャパナゴス） Feeling Blessed Greeting from India ,god bless you :-)
i love this video! i am not Japanese but when i was in Japan i felt a strong connection with the Shinto religion.
That is false religion. It cannot save your soul or even give you true peace of the heart! Because it is not life, but death. You are to know your Creator, the One who made you. He knows what is good for you and if you obey Him, He will give you true peace in your heart. Do you know Who is your Creator?
ruclips.net/video/LSP0pYAZC4U/видео.html
@@agnrciag don't be a nutjob, be tolerant to other people, thanks
@@agnrciag I respect you and your religion but it does not mean what do you say to others is right you can not wish harm on others and their religion
@@stoptheasianhate1265 the truth is only one. I don't want people to live a lie and at the end of their life to go to hell because there is no way out of there. I love people and I wish they would choose true life and the only truth.
@@agnrciag sir I respect you and where you are coming from but please as another human being from another let people live their lives as they want to I really hope you have a good night goodbye
I'm always so sad in the best way possible when these videos end. It's so interesting learning about this culture. It's an entirely new world it feels like and I really want to experience it for myself one day!
I have dreamed of visiting Japan all my life. I am not a religious person at all, but I want to visit as many Shinto Shrines as possible. I'm sure I would get very... emotionnal at a shrine. Just from the videos I've seen, there seem to be something so... serene and peaceful in these places. This is something I need right now. Modern life is too fast...
I visited these shrines.
We watched many youtube videos today about Japan and my 10 year old son said "This was the best video about Japan we watched today" when we finished this one... so your wish came true!
We’re learning about Japan and my test is tomorrow. I am FREAKING out. This video helps so much. So easy to understand too.
Japan is so full of many traditions. The culture and rituals are so beautiful. Thank you for sharing.this. If I ever, or should I say "when", I go to Japan, I will make it a point to visit the shrines. I just wonder how a Christian would be accepted in a Shinto shrine. Then again, I'm sure the Japanese are used to seeing foreigners with their cameras wondering around everywhere.
No matter what kind of religion you believe, you are welcomed as long as you behave and are respectful.
Only some Koreans are not welcomed because thay often steal statures from temples, do graffiti, and even set fire to shrines.
+TEXJAPCOWBOY1 it's done by korean nationalists who hate Japan because of their history. but normal korean people don't act like that.
Shinto isn't a religion, it is moreso a spiritual practice/a culture. Most people that practice Shintoism actually would say Buddhism is their religion. There is no religious affliction with Shinto, one of the many great things about it 😊
That is the most understandable video telling non-japanese the way to visit a shrine i've ever watched. By the way, with who did you record that video? I've thought you take a record on your own but sometime I can see your whole.
I had a friend from work come with me :)
懐かしいですよね。ちょっとちかさんがうらやましくて、景色やお着物が本当に美しいなんです。早く日本に帰りたいです。僕がちかさんのビデオを見たら、いい感じになりますよ。ビデオを撮ってくれてありがとうございます。それに、 I'm glad to see you enjoying the things that I couldn't while I lived in Japan. You inspire me to start vlogging, too, but I'm so nervous and I don't really have anywhere nice to vlog.
Meiji Jingu was undoubtedly my favorite part of visiting Tokyo and my fondest memory of Japan thus far. If Tokyo was a desert Meiji Jingu would be it's oasis, it's a magical place! 全然諦めないチカ！
Thank you for sharing this wonderful experience. Very illuminating subject.
Alexander Blackwood :)
Your whish back in 2014 came true, your videos do make people happy. I love learning something new and you videos are of great help.
This was very educational for me. I've been researching proper etiquette in Japan for my travel next year, because i want to visit my first shrine and wanted to pray and be respectful. Thank you
I just went there last week! Amazing place walking in from Yoyogi and I managed to see a traditional wedding held there.
Now I know the customs, I will be sure to follow them the next time I visit Meiji Jingu.
My history teacher has been showing us your videos! I really like them ❤️
Your channel seriously inspires me to work hard at my Japanese language as I hope to live in your beautiful country some day. I would like to say thank-you! So many treasured traditions, I am very envious of you and your cultural experiences!
ikr? being from a country without a culture myself I envy their dedication to tradition
what a great video! I wish I had had someone like you with me while I was stationed in Japan to help me understand what I was seeing and experiencing. I would have appreciated it so much more.
I'm planning a trip in 2018 and now I feel so inspired to absorb the spiritual side of this culture when the neon lights and craziness (no offense meant by that rather its amazement) is out the way. Such good quality videos well done :)
I just want to cry right now... I wanted to go to Japan this year but unfortunately I couldn't...
ありがとうございます、チカさん！ビデオは楽しかったです。
This is beautiful.
everything about Shinto is beautiful and pure.
What a beautiful place,and lovely traditions ⛩️ I like the custom of writing on the little wooden plaques.
リスニング教材として毎回聞いてます！
このビデオは、すごく面白かったですよ。いつか私もこれみたい神社に行ってみたいんです。チカさんありがとうございました。
This is very good. I'm a mythology professor teaching Shinto this week. I plan to show this to my class tomorrow.
I really like your channel! It's really cool to learn so many different things about Japan. Looking forward to more videos!
Hi,
I've just come across your channel and think its great. My wife and I have visited Japan twice after hosting many Japanese students in Australia. Such a beautiful country with fantastic people. I will spend many hours watching your vids and giving me ideas and explanations. Thankyou so much
Mark
Now I know what to do if I visit a 神社 for 初詣. ありがとうございましたちかーさん
この着物が可愛いと当時思ってまた見に来ました！！
Excellent, entertaining and educational. Keep up the great work, Chika !
Your videos are really good for listening!
Actually I am studying English in Seattle now :))
But I have to leave here in a few days.......
I just I want to say thank you for providing those nice videos.
I will keep leaning English with ur videos:))))
I just came across your wonderful video. Thank you very much for sharing. Everything was explained in an easy to understand means. I will remember all this when I visit Japan.
ちかさん♪
素敵な動画をありがとうございます★
私の実家が神社なので海外の方にこのような動画を見てもらえるのが嬉しいです。
Thank you for another beautiful video about Japan!
About washing hands, I learnt one more step from my grandparents (Japanese). After you rinse your mouth, pour rest of the water in the cup to the handle so the next person can use it clean.
I also learnt I don't need to actually rinse my mouth, but pretend to do so, such as bringing the cup close to the mouth, not putting water in it.
I'm looking forward to your next video as well as bilingirl channel!
Thanks for the additional info! It's nice to learn together :) I like the cleaning step, it's very Japanese!
great video. lots of positive energy. even the background music is great. i was surprised by the fact that they had english fortunes along side the japanese ones. i'll have to put this on my long list of to-dos.
keep doing what you do best
I was surprised too! a bit relieved as well actually lol
yes, so positive and pure, I felt cleansed just by watching.
ありがと、このビデオはとても役に立つね、ぜひ 行きたいよ。👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you for sharing, chika
I was so surprised about that this is your first Hatumode.
Good guide and happy new year Chika!
I hope you also can introduce Yokohama China Town because these days is Chinese new year!!
バイリンガール英会話をほとんど見たので、ジャパナゴスを見てみました。
日本文化を知る機会もない中、英語を通して学べるのはすごく良かったです。
楽しく日本の文化を知れる方法があるとはびっくりです！
字幕なくても聞き取れるようになったのも進歩です！
oh,so u r interested in japanese.
can u understand what I wrote above?
I am 8 years late to this, but wow, loved it!
Wonderful explanation! Thank you, Chika!
Dear CHika, You are such a beautiful person and I am so happy to have discovered your Channel today - of which, I am your newest subscriber!! Yea! I am studying about Japanese Miko and Ama and am fascinated. I have been watching the NHK tv drama "Amachan" which I guess played for 15 mins every weekday morning, and I don't understand a word of it. I study the sounds, trying to recognize recurring ones, watch the gesture, and listen to the intonation. I will be buying Rosetta Stone Japanese 1 very soon. Do you have any other Japanese program recommendations? This was a lovely video and I am so happy you were the one to show me the ropes. That was a Gorgeous kimono - loved that color. Can't wait to watch your other videos. So happy to virtually-meet you. Happy wishes. Bahia
Meiji Shrine is such a beautiful place (and so are all of the other shrines in Japan). When I was at the shrine in late September 2012, I saw not just one but three wedding couples. All the brides had white wedding kimonos - shiromuku (白無垢) and big hoods/"veils" - wataboshi (綿帽子) on their heads. It was really amazing just to see one couple walked by, but just a few minutes later two more couples walk out from some buildings, I don't think that happens very often.
Very pretty kimono and nice video... ありがとう ございます
Aww Chika this was such a lovely video! You look so stunning in your Kimono. My dream is to live in Japan long enough to experience all the cultural things that visiting tourists don't get to experience.
thanks for sharing videos with us! :) may you have a better fortune this 2015
I know it's a minor detail, but those are some of the best maintained trees I have seen for a long time.
I am Japanese, but I didn't know a lot of things you mentioned on this video. your Japanagos channel could be some tool for me to learn my own culture as well. I love your both channels!!
For some reason this video made me happy
Thank you for this video. I am doing a presentation for the Shinto religion and this has helped me understand the more real and common parts of hatsumode that ive been searching for. subbed
This is a great video for Japanese people too! I really love your kimono and you look gorgeous
Not only you're one of the most subtly adorable persons I've ever heard and seen, your channel is like a Heaven's Gaze to me.
Thank you.
すみません先生 you look so beautiful with that kimono
yes, isn't she?
wibu
Thank you very much for sharing this beautiful video :) I really really want to visit Japan, and this shrine is now a must-visit on my list :) I was feeling so much positive energy even just watching the video, I can imagine how calm and positive it would be to actually be there. Lots of Love to you ♥
Thank you very much. This is a Very informative vlog. Specially for us foreigners :)
For your wish, I just want to say you do make me happy with your videos! Thank you for making such helpful videos :)
Very informative video! My favorite shrine so far is the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine in Kamakura. If I can ever make it to Izumo I suspect that will be my new favorite.
This was a great video! Very informative....and very well shoot. Thanks
Konnichiwa Chika-san....arigato gozaimasu for such kawaai videos
I'm soo happy i found your channel! and Finally!! i've seen soo many youtubers showing the shrines but never really explaining anything!
Thank you and I have learnt and understand more about the shrine. I enjoy your video.
You speak good english.
Keep up the good works . Thumb up
You look so pretty in your kimono! :3
Thank you for another great lesson!
Just discovered your channel today! I love it! I went to Japan for the first time this year (accidentally during cherry blossom season! what luck!) and fell in love with the country! Your videos take me back to my experience and are helping me to plan my next trip. :D
The kimono looks great on you:-) I enjoyed this video, thanks!
I think I will recommend this video to any "gaijin" that's willing to visit a shrine in Japan, but I think there are two things you forgot to mention: 1) at the temizuya, you have to wash the handle of the ladle, too, before putting it away; 2) after you say your prayer to the gods, you have to bow once and then step back. I'm not completely sure about these 2 things, I have never been to Japan and all I know comes from books and videos.
Don't take it as criticism, I'm just asking to know if I'm right.
Your videos are beautiful and informative nonetheless. : )
Very interesting video thanks for sharing!!!
Great Video :) I‘m going to visit japan next year so it‘s good to know the manners and etiquette
Thank you so much for this! I adore Japan and it's culture and it's great to see it's traditions and stuff and to learn more! :) I learnt a lot in this video. Thank you!
I really like this video. I ´ve watched it before I visited Japan so it helped me to try to do the things right. When I see this video, it reminds me my great time in japanese shrines. Thanks a lot!
This girl is the true epitome of Japanese beauty
Thank you for the info! I'm trying to learn more about Shinto and Japanese culture so this was very helpful!
chikaさんお綺麗ですね。
和服がとってもお似合いですよ。
Great video! Love your channel!
Thank you for the video! It was informative and well documented. Have a happy new year!
Finally a beautiful video about a religious shrine without any hate comments from Muslims.
ur videos make me happy
Thanks Chika! Visiting Meiji on Sunday so I was hoping to get all the motions right :)
I really love Shinto
I am grateful for the kindness of my neighbors. Life would be more difficult if they were difficult to deal with, I feel like the simple and short, non obtrusive expressions of goodwill can amount to a lot over time.
I am grateful as well for the food delivery people who have delivered food to my house, I really just appreciate their willingness to bring food to me, its a convenience for me and extra work for them so I express the appreciation that I am in such a position to receive such a luxury.
Chefs as well (we persuade them to add more fresh and healthy ingredients for us all!), I give thanks for, because they have made healthy foods that I could not have made, and they have provided it out of kindness of their hearts in an unbiased way for the public. I appreciate the vegetarian options on menus of local restaurants, because I am vegetarian, I was raised this way and did not have to train myself later, for that I thank my parents.
I appreciate the spirit of the Chefs and their calling to provide foods, a basic element of life, to us.
大変有り難う御座居ます
I always enjoy watching your vlog.
Especialy I watch to learn English.
Thank you!
Keep it up Chika-san! Love your videos
ちなみに、手水舎(てみずしゃ)です！
I use this video in my world religions class. The RUclips generated subtitles (for ADA compliance) are terrible. Here are more accurate subtitles:
CHIKA: Let's go pray. Let's go make a wish.
Hey guys. Welcome to the Japanganos Channel. My name is Chika. I am wearing a
kimono today. I am going to my first hatsumode. So hatsu means first, and mode
comes from [JAPANESE], which means to warship at a shrine. And it's actually my
first time doing hatsumode, so it's actually my hatsu hatsumode. And we are at Mejijingu.
This kimono that I have on is of a pattern that you wear for New Year's called
takaradukushi. So it has lots of motifs that represent good luck, [JAPANESE], as I
told you guys in my last video.
Here is the main torii, the main gate, and I'm going to go in there and wish for a
great year. This is basically a gate that separates people from the gods. So before
entering, you want to take a bow, and you want to walk along the side rather than in
the middle, because the middle is God's path. I'm going to take a bow. I'm in the
sacred land.
All right. We've got another gate. Take a nice bow. And we're going to enter. Bow,
and go in. People usually go to hatsumode, their first shrine visit of the year, on the
first, second, third, fourth-- the first four days of the new year. But I've decided to go
a little later, because it gets crazy crowded the first four days. I think this year they
made a record of the three million people at just this shrine at Mejijingu. So it's
ridiculous.
All right. So before we go and pray, you have to wash your hands at this place,
called temizuya. And there's a right way to do this. You don't just go in and wash it
however you want. So I'll show you guys.
The water is pretty cold, but you've got to do this before you go in and pray. And
you guys saw that I washed my left first, right, and then you take a little bit of water
in your hand and you rinse your mouth. And then you're ready to go pray. So let's
go.
Let's go pray. Let's go make a wish. I've got a goendama. This is 5 yen. It's good to
put one of these in, because goen means good luck. There's a proper way to pray.
So you bow twice, you clap twice, and then you bow once.
You want to make sure when you clap your hands that you move your right hand
slightly lower, and then clap, and then put it back. And that's how you do it at most Shinto shrines, and it's different if you go to a temple. And there's some variations,
depending on where you go.
OK. So I can't film, so I'm just going to go do this. I prayed.
Next, I'm going to get an omikuji. If you've seen my other video, I talk about it. But
it's basically a fortune or an oracle. And let's hope I get the best one. And you can
usually get them 400 yen. So here we go.
We have an English one and a Japanese one. Let me get the English one for you
guys, so you understand-- not because I can't read Japanese. All right. [INAUDIBLE]. Doki doki. You know that onomatopoeia, doki doki? It means your
heart's beating-- you're nervous. It doesn't have my thing on here.
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
So I got my omikuji, my fortune, and I was expecting to get-- well, I wanted daikichi--
but one of the 12 ranks or so that I explained about before. But at Mejijingu, you
don't get a rank. You get a poem. And the poem, basically-- there's different kinds
of poems in there, and that kind of symbolizes what your year is going to be. And so I'll read you guys my poem. Let's see.
It says if we falter in resolve just because the task is hard, no accomplishment can
follow. It is the world's way. Emperor Meiji. I guess I have some trials and
tribulations coming my way, but I won't give up, and I'll keep trying.
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
Hi. [JAPANESE]. my good luck charm for becoming a RUclipsr. But every year,
you come and get a new charm. And then the next year, when you get a new
charm, you want to bring your old one and they'll burn it for you.
This is called an ema. As you'll see, there's lots of them around me. And you write a
wish on this side, and then you hang it up and hope it comes true. So my hands are
freezing cold, so I could barely write. But I wrote, I wish all those around me that I
love are happy and healthy, and I hope to make people around the world happy
with my RUclips videos. January 16, 2014. Chika. Yay.
I had a very good hatsumode day. I hope you guys got to enjoy a little bit of it
yourselves and understanding what hatsumode is all about. And I am going to leave
the gate now. So I'll take another bow and leave.
Interesting, I've heard use the left hand to rinse mouth...ty for sharing
This was awesome, and beautiful!
Do you have to bring the old omamori? I saw some people wearing like 5 of them on there bags or rucksacks so I assumed they were collecting there old once?
Great video loved seeing this great experience I hope I get todo
!!!!!!!!!! 8) muito bom Chika, estou gostando muito dos seus vídeos... Está perfeita!!! Você está me fazendo conhecer lugares incríveis, que eu nem imaginava existir... Por favor, continue!!! Quando alguém falar mal de você, não se preocupe, na verdade, estão com inveja de você Chika!!! #parabéns
thanks so much for the video
youre so pretty and your yukata was gorgeous
Such a beautiful place. Great video too, i learned a good bit :)
A fantastic video, thank you so much.
oh i've been here before! it's such a pretty place! really am amazed how elegant the Shinto religion is. :) thanks for explaining everything it's really useful to learn about the place from a Japanese perspective. thank you
you make me happy I love Japan!!!!
I hope to visit Japan some day and pay a visit to these temples.
Beauty Of Japan.
love ur vids chika! keep up the great work.
What a breathtaking place to go! It looks like it'd be very peaceful and full of positive energy. I just discovered your channel and your videos make me want to visit even more! Thank you for adding the back story so we could further see its importance and value. It was really moving :-)
Reminds me of my first Hatsumode, also at Meiji Jingu, but I actually went on the first of January. A friend of mine accompanied me. This year, I'll be a bit late and also probably alone, but now I know at least the proper way of praying. Maybe that's why my wish didn't come true yet.
Beautiful video