Japanese New Year worship04 Meijijingu Tokyo

HASSELBLAD SWC-M Biogon 4.5/38  Kodak PORTRA400VC The white space in the left is a huge offertory box that is made only for the New Year’s season. We wonder how much money will be there but they do not disclose the exact amount of the offertory money. The number of visitors to the Meiji Jingu Shrine only is supposed to be 3.17 million people every year. And the average amount of the offertory money is said to be 150 JPY. This results in the following calculation: about 3.17 people times 150 JPY: 475.5 million JPY! Amazing!