Kamakura City, Kanagawa.
In a traditional city with long history,
Nacchan and Cathy does again the Japan in Motion and Ask Japanese
Boosting Luck tour.
The latter half will also boost many types of luck.
Hello, I'm Cathy Cat from Ask Japanese.
I'm Natsuko Aso a.k.a Nacchan from Japan in Motion.
I'm so full.
So full and enjoying Kamakura so much,
I feel something is missing.
-That's called Betsu-bara in Japanese? -Betsu-bara?
-Even if you're full, you can still eat sweets? -Let's go.
This one looks good.
-Imo...Imo Yoshikan? -Hmm
What led them with their Betsubara was,
Imo-Yoshikan Komachidori store.
They say they had some sweets to boost your love luck.
What kind of sweets could it be?
It's done.
Take a look!
This is so cute.
Ice cream with heart shaped marshmallows
This will surely be loved by girls.
Men could also order as a lovely guy item.
One, two...
Ate it.
-Will it boost my love? -Yes
Maybe I'll find a handsome partner by the end of the shoot.
-A great guy may be giving us some sexy smiles. -Oh no.
Cathy and Nacchan fills their extra stomach.
They head on to the next place to boost their love fortune.
-Since we ate the heart shaped ice cream -We did.
We came to a shrine famous for Forever Ties.
-What did you say? -Forever ties.
-Love ties -Love ties!
Even though you want to be tied forever,
but love must come first.
-Love ties! -Yes, here is Kuzuharaoka Shrine.
-Let's go and tie the knot -Yes
Let's boost our love fortune.
-Let's go -Boost our love.
Here we go
10 minutes by car from Kamakura Station.
This Kuzuharaoka Shrine is getting popular as the power spot for love fortune.
Inside the shrine there are two rocks named the man rock and the woman rock
where you tie a 5yen coin with a red string to the rock of your opposite sex.
Both will tie their love fortune string on.
A lot of people has already tied their knots.
The right is the man rock, and the left is the woman rock.
So the woman ties on the man rock,
-So let's tie this 5 yen coin -Let's do.
-Full already -I wonder where to put it.
Somewhere here?
-Tied it so strong -Ok
No one can escape.
-How about you? -Here I go
It's actually pretty hard to tie it.
I guess it's hard to tie the knot.
It's really hard. It is.
OK
-Hope it comes true -Hopefully.
The key here is writing your wish on a heart shaped Ema frame.
What are they going to wish for?
-Done it -Done writing.
Here, me...Cathy
You...my destiny.
We shall tie our knots happily,
hopefully we can travel a lot (heart)
Since I like to travel, I hope I find someone I can travel with.
And you, Nacchan?
Me, Natsuko Aso.
You, my destiny prince I have not met yet.
A person I definitely found to love
will love me, and will propose to me by 2020.
I will turn 30 in 2020,
and I want to marry by then.
There is a specific goal.
So I specifically wrote "Propose to me"
To make the wish come true, let's tie it.
I think our love fortune has gone up,
The must be something else.
This one.
This is a mark in Japan, but people abroad won't understand it.
This is a mark of money.
I moved lately so I've used a lot of money.
-So realistic -It is
-Let's go raise our money fortune -Let's do that.
A little break. What type of temple or shrine do people visit?
Let's Ask Japanese.
When do you go to temples and shrines?
Only in the new years maybe.
By the fortune draw and give offerings
and pray.
I like to take photos so I go and take some.
-Do you upload on Instagram? -Yes.
Shrines for the new year.
As the first visit of the new year.
What do you do on that visit?
I ask that I will do my best so make my wish come true.
When I was the senior in high school, I asked to succeed in the entrance exam.
If there is some suggestion on a specific shrine, let us know.
In Shizuoka, I always go to Mishima-Taisha.
There is a huge lake there,
and you go by it.
I think that part is beautiful.
I went to Kamakura before and saw the Ofuna Kannon.
The stairs up there is pretty long,
but it was beautiful to see.
Where was that by Tokyo Tower? Dojoji!
It's near the Tokyo Tower,
and behind the temple, you can see the Tokyo Tower.
-Amazing, it will be a great photo spot. -Yes
That'll be all the questions. Thank you.
The next spot we came is the Zeni-Arai Benzaiten.
Ugafuku Shrine.
Love and money, with these two, life will be easier.
Let's go and see.
As the name says, this is a power spot for money fortune.
They will raise the money fortune with a method which has been here for 750 years.
So let's go and see.
Here you wash your money to raise your money fortune.
-Your own money? -Yes.
-Ok, let's try -Let's go
The place they went to wash their money was inside a cave.
In a very calm and silent atmosphere
your feeling concentrates more.
The money you washed shouldn't be used so quickly.
-You should keep it? -Yes.
It's not so common that you clean your money,
-no. Now the money is shining -It sure is.
-It feels good. -Yes.
I will keep this 100yen coin as a lucky charm.
Yes, it feels good.
Come money, come.
Within the people visiting this shrine,
there are people who wash lucky charms and lottery tickets, and other things related with money.
Hopefully you can raise your money fortune here.
So, the final part is Sasuke Inari Shrine.
The Torii gates are beautiful, aren't they?
-Does Sasuke Inari have something to do with Fushimi Inari in Kyoto?
-Yes, it's a branch -Branch
So let's go and see.
I actually have not gone to the Fushimi Inari in Kyoto.
-I have -Really?
So it's my first time to walk through so many red gates.
-It's wonderful -Yes.
Especially the people from abroad but, taking pictures of the Torii and..
post it on Instagram.
-Quite popular -You see it often.
I see it often, and it looks amazing.
-Very photogenic. -Yes, beautiful.
-It's red -I think it's good luck just being here.
This Sasuke Inari shrine is famous power spot with the fox.
What does the fox being famous mean?
What will they find at the end of the path?
-Look, so many -Very cute.
-Big and small -Amazing how many.
So many here.
There are so many fox items here and there.
How many are there?
Let's ask the chief priest.
Those little ones, how many are there in total?
Have you gone to the main building? There are around 6000 or more.
There are 1500 to 2000 over there.
There are small shrines over there,
and there should be about 500 there.
-So there would be about -Over 10,000?
So people who visit here buy it and leave it here?
They wish here,
and the people who return to thank for their wish come true,
those people leave theirs as well.
So it's a way to show appreciation.
-It's ok to take home? -About 10 to 20% of people take it home.
Of course people take it home.
-As they like? -Yes yes.
The small foxes are an evidence of the wishes coming true.
How about coming here with your wishes?
-A lot of things today. -yes.
I'm feeling everything will be better.
-Must be good -The weather unfortunately was not good today,
so I was quite worried about it,
but I really like about this weather of Kamakura.
It actually matches?
-A very mysterious atmosphere matches here -Yes.
I especially felt a lot of power here in Sasuke Inari.
The power spot is amazing. When you come to Japan, please come to Kamakura and,
go and visit many shrines.
I hope a lot of good things will happen to us.
-Hopefully -So see you again.
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