Matsushima in Japan. View of islands at Matsushima bay that have been carved away by the ocean. Islands are covered with pine trees. Matsushima Bay's pine clad islets. Oarsman rows boat.
Views of Enoshima Island. Waves in bay and mountains in the background. Enoshima Island. People enter from Shinto. They look Japanese articles in market. Boats at bay. People at coast of bay. They take bath near the bank of bay.
Opening slate (in German) reads: "Pilgrims and believers come from far away to honor their gods." Camera pans across rugged hills with a building on a peak in the background. It continues to pan to the left, revealing a bridge. Closeup of the bridge and then of people walking across it. Change of scene shows a wooden shelter at side of a mountain, looking down upon the sea. Inside, people walk along a wooden walkway in a grotto. View from inside of people silhouetted against the light at the opening. View of a miniature shelter containing models of persons. Complete change of scene to the Great Buddha of Kamakura found in the Kōtoku-in Buddhist Temple (4 Chome-2-28 Hase, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248-0016, Japan). Several persons stand nearby. Closeup of the statue framed by Cherry blossoms. Another view of the Buddha statue with evergreens in the background. Closeup of an incense burner beneath the Buddha statue, with 8 candles burning in it. View of ocean from overlooking hill. Momentary glimpse of Mount Fuji as the film ends.
Shintoism as a religion practiced in Japan. A Shinto priest reads from a paper. A torii found in a Shinto shrine garden. View of the “floating” torii gate of the Itsukushima Shrine (1-1 Miyajimacho, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima 739-0588, Japan) in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. A Japanese man stands under the “floating” torii gate. Two Shinto priests walking. Stone stairs leading to a Shinto shrine. A man bows at a small shrine. Façade of a Shinto shrine (likely the Kitano Tenmangū Shrine in Kyoto, Japan). Crowds of worshippers visit a Shinto shrine. The Imperial Chrysanthemum Seal (kikumon) is displayed on the side of a Shinto gate. Priests perform purification rituals. Japanese woman performs rituals. Priest gives blessing to people.
A Japanese woman visits a Shinto shrine to pray for her sick child. A Japanese man and his wife attend to a sick child lying on a futon bed. A Japanese woman visits a Shinto shrine to pray for her child’s recovery from illness. Japanese woman approaches the haiden, or the sanctuary dedicated to a Shinto Kami spirit. Japanese woman prays with her offering. Japanese woman walking on the shrine grounds. Japanese woman holding her offering.
People celebrate the Shichi-Go-San (lit. "Seven-Five-Three") Festival for young children at a Shinto shrine in Japan. Parents take their children, mostly girls, to a Shinto shrine for a Shichi-Go-San ritual. Two Japanese little girls wearing kimono visit the Shinto shrine for the Shichi-Go-San Festival. A Japanese boy wearing a hakama holding his sister wearing a kimono. Japanese mother accompanies her young daughters to the shrine. Little girl takes off her Zōri sandals while her mother removes her geta sandals as they enter the shrine. Japanese Shinto priest bestows blessings to the children in attendance. Scene changes to a traditional Japanese Shinto wedding. A wedding takes place inside a Shinto shrine hall. Two Miko (Shinto shrine maidens) bowing. A Shinto priest reads from a scroll to call on Shinto spirits in front of a wedding altar. Food items in boxes are left at a ceremonial wedding altar. A Shinto priest pours sake into cups held by the two Miko. Shinto priest performs the san-san-ku-do ceremony with the couple during the wedding. Miko pours sake for the groom. Groom drinks sake during the wedding. Japanese bride receives sake from a Miko. Bride bows after drinking her sake. Japanese bride and groom sit together behind the Shinto priest.
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