Currently, places where lightning strikes (in particular when in rice paddies) are cordoned off with green bamboo from which a Shimenawa rope is then strung around. It is the custom in various regions of Japan to then pray for a bountiful crop. |
現在でも雷(稲妻)が落ちた場所で特に水田などでは青竹で囲い、注連縄をはって、五穀豊穣を願う慣わしが各地で行われている。 |