Para empezar el año, vamos a probar nuestra suerte! fuuu! qué les salió? tenemos mucha curiosidad!
A great way to start the year we will test our new luck! fuuu! What did you get? we are very curious!
A popular activity when visiting a shrine or a temple is to pick a random omikuji (御神籤/おみくじ), which is a small paper with a fortune written on it.
Should you acquire an unlucky fortune, you can either take it home with you and hope for the best while keeping a watchful eye out for whatever misfortune might befall you, or you can take the unlucky omikuji and tie it to a straw rope, metal rack, or the branches of a pine tree on the shrine grounds in hopes that the bad luck will remain with the omikuji and not follow you home.
In this shot, the omikuji likely had a bad fortune, and the bearer would rather leave the fortune behind at the shrine for proper disposal in hopes of minimizing their chances of succumbing to misfortune in their daily life.
If you look closely, you can see a karakusa pattern (唐草模様) on the omikuji. Although this pattern is often associated with burglars in modern Japanese culture, this auspicious pattern is originally based on the stems and leaves of intertwined vines, which represent vitality, prosperity, and longevity.
Fujifilm X100V (23 mm) with 5% diffusion filter
ISO 160 for 1/300 sec. at ƒ/2.8
Astia/Soft film simulation