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御朱印 (Go-shu-in) Beautiful Japanese commemorative stamps

A folded-out book of white pages covered in black Japanese calligraphy and red ink stamps

Many temples and shrines in Japan offer a service called 御朱印 (go-shu-in). The staff stamp a piece of paper with a special commemorative stamp unique to that temple/shrine. They also usually write some beautiful calligraphy at the same time. The above is from the famous Sensōji temple in Asakusa, Tokyo. You can see 浅草寺 (Sen-sō-ji)ContinueContinue reading “御朱印 (Go-shu-in) Beautiful Japanese commemorative stamps”