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Nakayama-dera Temple is famous for being the place of praying for a safe birth in the Kansai area. It is one of a few temples which have elevators and escalators for visitors, and its buildings are magnificent and not old, so it looks glorious. Despite of the early morning and the rainy day there were many couples and families with pregnant women or babies, and it made a happy mood. Praying for a safe birth A pregnant woman wants a safe birth of her baby, it must be a common wish for pregnant women around the world. In Japan the wish made the common custom of praying for a safe birth. This custom was made by some Japanese fundamental thoughts during ancient times and some Japanese spells. So I want you to know the Japanese thoughts and spells. Firstly, a fetus in its mother’s womb gets its spirit approximately 9 weeks after the pregnancy and the fetus’s mother gets her morning sickness, it is Japanese spiritual thoughts. And five months after pregnancy the spirit of the fetus ...

Once upon a time, a female deity, Orihime, lived on the west side of Amanogawa (the Milky Way). She had been very good at weaving since her childhood. The clothes she wove in the celestial world became fresh mist and clouds, and covered mountains and fields. When Orihime became marrying age, her father brought, as her fiancé, the deity of a cowherd, Hikoboshi, from the east side of Amanogawa. They quickly fell in love and no longer worked as before. So, people said, “It’s not normal weather. Recently, the mist and clouds don’t come out at all.” Orihime’s father was very upset at this situation and decided to separate his daughter from Hikoboshi. Still, Orihime’s father suggested one condition to the couple – If you work hard, I will allow you to meet up once a year on the night of July 7th”. Since then, Orihime worked harder than before and looked forward to meeting Hikoboshi on July 7th. (From a leaflet of Katano City) It is a very popular story in Japan and there are a lot o...