Temples in Japan aren't like western churches (my only other comparison). I've been to temples that were holding events that looked like fairs and at New Years when everyone crowds in and sits inside and eats a mandarin and drinks this odd sake concoction (that I really didn't like and can't remember the name of). That was at a Buddhist temple, but the Shinto shrines I don't think are much different in terms of having fairs etc. I would image that they would have played at a Buddhist temple as they seem to have the large hall that they could play in (from the two local ones I went to). From remembering the Shinto shrine I went to I know that they didn't have a hall. I discounted the really large temples and shrines I went to as I don't really remember which were temples and which were shrines without looking up stuff.
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Date: 2010-08-19 09:52 am (UTC)That was at a Buddhist temple, but the Shinto shrines I don't think are much different in terms of having fairs etc. I would image that they would have played at a Buddhist temple as they seem to have the large hall that they could play in (from the two local ones I went to). From remembering the Shinto shrine I went to I know that they didn't have a hall. I discounted the really large temples and shrines I went to as I don't really remember which were temples and which were shrines without looking up stuff.