It's not everyday that you get blessed by a shinto priest (pictured above), and even rarer when you video it and put it on the internet for everyone to see. Granted, these are not the most exciting clips you can get on the internet. I'm aware that there are far more "world's funniest cat/dog/rabbit on a treadmill" clips than anyone could possibly dream of out there, but I figured you don't see this everyday. Normally, the closest even an adventurous tourist might get to this is
wandering aimlessly around a shrine wondering what on earth it is all about. Well, wander/wonder no more. The first clip features our friendly parish priest getting the attention of the gods and chanting a prayer to wish good luck upon the handful of three, five and seven-year-olds gathered
for their 7-5-3 ceremony:
Have you even been blessed by a shinto priest? No? Well, here's your chance, just bow your head reverently when he starts, er, doing his bit:
Speaking of doing your bit, on Sunday, I'm running a half-marathon round the lake near my house. You can still
sponsor me here. Why should you?
- Reason #6: Donate even a little, and then I'll stop going on about it, and get back to funny videos of cats on treadmills and mildly subversive swipes at Republican presidential hopefuls.
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