The Quiet Corridor
This is one of the interesting parts that I came across during my visit to the Itsukushima Shrine in Miyajima. It's a row of sake barrels sitting quietly under an orange corridor. It's a line of big white sake barrels, wrapped in straw, with bold black Japanese calligraphy on them.
At first, I thought it was just a decoration, but that's not what it is. These are called Kazaridaru meaning offering barrels. Japanese Sake breweries donate sake to the shrine to thank the gods, pray for good business, good harvest and good life. The Shrine keeps the empty decorated barrels as a symbol of that gratitude.
Like how in India, when we visit Temples we do offering of coconut and flowers and other things, like wise in Japan they offer Sake. It is the Japan's traditional rice wine. It is made of rice, water, yeast and a special mold called koji.
This is what travel does to you; it gives you stories in small corners. Majority of the people barely notice these small corners, but these are the spaces where you find the hidden gems.
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Ese detalle de los Kazaridaru donados por las cervecerías como agradecimiento es lo que se pierde cuando uno pasa rápido por el corredor naranja. ¿Sabés si los dejan vacíos a propósito o los renuevan cada cierto tiempo?
Ese detalle de los barriles Kazaridaru es el tipo de cosa que uno pasa de largo sin saber que las breweries los donan al santuario. Me quedó picando el koji, porque es el mismo hongo que se usa para el miso y la salsa de soja, ¿sabías? En práctica, esos rincones son los que justifican caminar despacio.