Or maybe rather it's a trap for bad luck. Better not get too close to this photo.

---

I think I've mentioned these things before. Omikuji. At all shrines you can buy your fortune. I think it's most common around New Years, but you can buy them at any time. I have even started to see vending machines at shrines offering them.

There are various levels, ranging from great to bad. If you get middle or good luck, you say thanks and take it with you, but if you get bad luck it's typical to tie the paper to a tree or some lines like in the photo below and pray for the bad luck to stay with the tied up paper and not follow you around.

So I guess this isn't so much wishes for better luck, but rather a bad luck trap^†.

---

Copyright © David LaSpina 2018, but almost free to use due to the generous Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license. Spiffy! More details here.

---

Footnotes

†: Don't cross the streams.

❦

Don't miss the other great photos in the Beautiful Japan photo series!

Recent Photos

• 71 — Shrine of the War God
• 72 — Shooting the Cherry Blossoms
• 73 — Stand Out Sakura
• 74 — Just Dropping In
• 75 — Red, White, and Pink
• 76 — The Star of Spring
• 77 — Jupiter Jazz
• 78 — Gateway Into Another World
• 79 — Iga and Lotus Blossoms
• 80 — Path to Nirvana
• 81 — Relaxing by the Castle Wall
• 82 — Just Another Day
• 83 - Painting With Fireworks

Collections

• Collection 1 :: Beautiful Japan 1–10
• Collection 2 :: Beautiful Japan 11–20
• Collection 3 :: Beautiful Japan 21–30
• Collection 4 :: Beautiful Japan 31–40
• Collection 5 :: Beautiful Japan 41–50
• Collection 6 :: Beautiful Japan 51–60
• Collection 7 :: Beautiful Japan 61–70

	David LaSpina is an American photographer lost in Japan, trying to capture the beauty of this country one photo at a time. More?

---

If this blog post has entertained or helped you, please follow/upvote/resteem. Also, consider buying me a beer.

BTC: 1Gvrie5FDBNBb6YpGBiaTvA5AyvsP814BN
ETH: 0x2Ce5c2b5F3f1a888b50A7bA9002E4F742784dF9c
LTC: LUVLvatsFqCubrJAVmCNQaoUdFAdnUCysU
BCH: qrzdazep5xfxax0ydppun89cxfts2vup9q4wnfn025

Thank you :)