Rice ball and coins outside small Nakano shrine

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お供えに、おにぎりはどうですか。

Saying a brief prayer at my local shrine, I was startled to see that another visitor had left a saran-wrapped onigiri (rice ball) next to a small pile of coins on the threshold. I guess the local gods enjoy earthly food as well as currency.

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