Kamakura II

This photograph may be too small to show proper detail, but attached are hundreds (or thousands) of fortunes. Like the temple I went to outside the Asakusa subway stop in Tokyo, people would retrieve a fortune for 100 yen. The fortune is clear as the astrology reports in the back of the National Enquirer. No less, it is still part of the tradition.

When finished reading, some choose to fold the paper and tie it as a knot around bars on these structures. I imagine they are cleaned periodically.