It always feels like a major tourist trap, visiting shrines like the one in Nikkou. Entrance fee to the shrine, followed by amulets, small souvenirs and other things for 1000+ 円 each.
It's annoying to visitors, I'm sure, but you've got to provide for the staff and temple upkeep somehow.
Reader-added tags include "What a good customer" and "Enshrined here are the gods of national protection and thriving business".
The survey leads a charmed life:
What kind of amulet shall we buy? • Health • Wealth • Marriage/childbirth • Schoolwork/business • Warding off evil
Japanese are not initially happy with such confrontations
now this is a kind of cultural shock for me, in my country, you don't bargain, you lose. (at least at the street vendor at tourist area )
It's awesome here at Nikkō Tōshō-gū, but the sales atmosphere's kind of strong...TiiikWe'll draw back a bit!Dinnng
DinnngAnd here we have a protective bell that sealed away this magnificent crying voice.Here Comes a SuckerWe are selling them over there for ¥1000.Please do take this opportunity to purchase one.The Nakiryu...Yiiik Yiiik Yiiik Yiiik