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[Atsuya_JPN]

Have you ever seen or heard “GOSHUIN” when traveling in Japan? If not, now this topic to have your travel more memorial.

WHAT IS “GOSHUIN”?
“GOSHUIN”, is a seal/stamp as a talisman of the shrine. The Shinto priest, name of the shrine and the date is inked/printed on the seal. There are many varieties of GOSHUIN, and each has their own characteristics. By visiting various shrines and getting a GOSHUIN, is called “GOSHUIN meguri, tour around”.

HOW TO GET A “GOSHUIN”
First of all to get GOSHUIN, you have to have a “GOSHUINCHO”, which is a special book for keeping stamps. Generally, you can buy and get a GOSHUINCHO at a big shrine. Your own day planner/notebook is not allowed to receive “GOSHUIN”. You can buy them from the internet, but I recommend you to buy them at the shrine. If you have a GOSHUINCHO, you can get a GOSHUIN all over Japan, and enjoy GOSHUIN meguri/tour.

CONCLUSION
A GOSHUIN is not just a seal or stamp, but is a talisman or holy seal as an amulet.

Pay respect to the shrine and keep it as a memory of your visit to Japan.

Learn more about GOSHUIN, useful web sites below;

Discover Kyoto

Tokyo Jinja

Thank you for reading. Enoy ?

ATSUYA from Tokyo, JAPAN

[Ivi_Ge]

Hello @Atsuya_JPN ,

Thank you so much for this great post.

I am familiar with Goshuin (book of seals) and I really like it. When I was living in Japan I have used to collect the hand painted calligraphy seals and stamps when visiting temples and shrines across the country.

Here you can see photo of mine with my Goshuin book!

[Atsuya_JPN]

Hello, @Ivi_Ge san
Nice picture! and Tokyo Daijingu is very famous for a god of match-making. So many people go there to worship and Kabuki actors also pray to a god or deity for their better dramatic performance on 1st January every year. God bless you!