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Unlucky Coins Part 2

10/12/201910/13/2019 Toru 0 Comments coin, effect, expensive, large, offertory money, reason, unlucky, unpopular

Unlucky Coins Part 2 縁起の悪いお賽銭 Part 2 Yesterday, I introduced jūen-dama (十円玉 – “ten-yen coin”) and gohyakuen-dama (五百円玉 – “five-hundred-yen

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Unlucky Coins Part 1

10/11/201910/13/2019 Toru 0 Comments coin, distance, offertory coin, offertory money, popular, relationship, unlucky, unpopular

Unlucky Coins Part 1 縁起の悪いお賽銭 Part 1 Yesterday, I introduced goen-dama (五円玉 – “five-yen coin”) as a popular offertory coin.

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Five-yen Coin

10/10/201910/09/2019 Toru 0 Comments box, Buddha, coin, dedicate, five-yen, gods, good encounter, hope, money, offertory box, pray, prayer, relationship, shrine, temple

Five-yen Coin 五円玉 Usually, there is saisenbako (賽銭箱) in Japanese shrines and temples. 日本の神社や寺院などには「賽銭箱」が置かれていることがあります。 Saisen (賽銭) means money that is

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