Digital Guff
Make a Wish
Posted by Daryl Johnson (Farnham, United Kingdom) on 21 November 2007 in People & Portrait.
Schoolgirls at Kiyomizu Dera, Kyoto.
Although I'm now in England, this blog will still feature photos from Japan for the foreseeable future.
I apologise in advance if I'm tardy with commenting on your blogs or returning comments during the week... I will get to you though!
Jason Kravitz from Brussels, Belgium
this is a nice moment - these two young ladies look quite enthralled with this activity. Do they write a wish on a piece of paper and put it on the line?
21 Nov 2007 9:50am
@Jason Kravitz: Thanks for the visit Jason. The pieces of paper have a 'fortune' written on them and are called omikuji; I found this Wikipedia page about them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omikuji
You buy the pieces of paper at the shrine or temple - as Wikipedia says, it's like a lottery. If you get a bad fortune, you stick it on a pine tree, or like these girls are doing, tie it onto strings set up near pine trees.
martie from Okinawa, Japan
Wonderful picture. I wonder what they are talking about!
21 Nov 2007 12:10pm
@martie: Thanks martie. Maybe discussing everyone else's bad luck?!
M.E. from Encino, United States
very cool! i like how you partially showed their expression! M.E. too wonders what they're saying to each other and what they wished for...
21 Nov 2007 4:50pm
@M.E.: Thank you M.E! Check out my reply to Jason...
@Wolfgang Prigge: Thanks Wolfgang!
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Wow, that's a fantastic portrait, such life and mystery to it!
23 Nov 2007 11:06am
@Lorraine: Cheers Lorraine!
@pedro alexandre: Thanks pedro.
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
Did you get caught in the act of taking their photo?
29 Nov 2007 2:33pm
@Twelvebit: No, I was in and out like a flash! Everyone's taking photos everywhere anyway, they probably thought I was taking the trees. Cheers Twelvebit.
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