Shrines and temples offer paper fortunes known as omikuji that predict the purchaser’s luck for the year ahead. Visitors may also write their prayers for exam success or other favorable outcomes on ...

It is no exaggeration to say that it is a rabbit shrine, and 500 yen "rabbit Omikuji" bought at Okazaki Shrine in Kyoto, The size is a cute shape with a palm size, and it is quite possible to say that ...

Hiroyuki Takahashi, head of the Nakano Ward visual impairment welfare association, and Chen Guo, a graduate student from China, hold Braille "omikuji" paper fortunes in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Dec. 10, ...

Mayotta-toki no Pac-Man Omikuji (translates to "When Hesitating, Pac-Man Fortune") is a fortune-teller app that features mini-game challenges in 2D and 3D.

At portent times such as the new year, Japanese people often wait in long lines at shrines to draw a special kind of fortune known as an omikuji (御籤). In the past before significant events, lots would ...

TOKYO -- A temple in Japan's capital will soon offer "omikuji" paper fortune-telling slips in Braille, as the writing system for blind people and those with low vision celebrates its 200th year since ...