http://openkyoto.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fopenkyoto.com%2Fsightseeing%2Fkyoto-beauty-shrine.html%23comment-&seed_title=Kyoto+Beauty+Shrine%3A+Yasaka+Sub-shrine+Utsukushi+Gozensha Introducing Open Kyoto, from the creators of Kyoto Foodie. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://openkyoto.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fopenkyoto.com%2Fsightseeing%2Fkyoto-beauty-shrine.html%23comment-86&seed_title=Kyoto+Beauty+Shrine%3A+Yasaka+Sub-shrine+Utsukushi+Gozensha#comment-86 Kyoto Knife Shrine: Yasaka Sub-shrine Hamono Jinja | OpenKyoto Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:30:38 +0000 http://openkyoto.com/?p=729#comment-86 [...] This shrine holds a memorial service for worn out knives every year. The shrine accepts old knives and other cutting instruments that have served their human owners. Japanese give thanks to their knives even, now how is that for gratitude and humility? This is another sub-shrine at Yasaka Shrine, less than a 1 minute walk from the ‘Beauty Shrine‘. [...] [...] This shrine holds a memorial service for worn out knives every year. The shrine accepts old knives and other cutting instruments that have served their human owners. Japanese give thanks to their knives even, now how is that for gratitude and humility? This is another sub-shrine at Yasaka Shrine, less than a 1 minute walk from the ‘Beauty Shrine‘. [...]

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