After returning to the Far Shore, Ginia heads to the library and spends a few hours looking for books about Shinto shrines or books about sacred spots or items in Japan. Her focus is largely on identifying the parts needed for a shrine or location recognizable as a sacred spot that might house a god. She'll also go to some of the public libraries in the Near Shore and visit some of the smaller neighborhood shrines for further research. This takes a few more days of collecting information (to around January 9th).
On the 10th, Votelli is contacted again with a proposal. Ginia will set up a himorogi in the orchard while she looks into having a hokora of some form made. She'll spend the rest of the day collecting the needed items. Thankfully, with the timing around New Years, a few stores still have shimenawa for personal shrines. Bamboo posts are easily found at home good stores, and she spends a few hours researching and making shide. With everything ready, that night, Ginia returns to the orchard and finds a spot between two trees to set up the himorogi.
Between personal drama and a volcano, it takes a little longer for Ginia to procure a hokora. However, through using the resources availible at Ebisu's temple, Ginia is able to go to Kyoto and find a woodworker that makes wood hokora. On the evening of January 28th, Ginia brings a wood hokora about two feet tall and decorated with a small wood carving of a rooster and a small sign with "Torimoto" written in kanji to the orchard and sets it up in the spot of the himorogi. A few mikan are left as an offering.
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On the 10th, Votelli is contacted again with a proposal. Ginia will set up a himorogi in the orchard while she looks into having a hokora of some form made. She'll spend the rest of the day collecting the needed items. Thankfully, with the timing around New Years, a few stores still have shimenawa for personal shrines. Bamboo posts are easily found at home good stores, and she spends a few hours researching and making shide. With everything ready, that night, Ginia returns to the orchard and finds a spot between two trees to set up the himorogi.
Between personal drama and a volcano, it takes a little longer for Ginia to procure a hokora. However, through using the resources availible at Ebisu's temple, Ginia is able to go to Kyoto and find a woodworker that makes wood hokora. On the evening of January 28th, Ginia brings a wood hokora about two feet tall and decorated with a small wood carving of a rooster and a small sign with "Torimoto" written in kanji to the orchard and sets it up in the spot of the himorogi. A few mikan are left as an offering.