Garuda Indonesia Colours Magazine October 2014 | Page 117
Travel | Tokyo
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5 Senses – Scent
IT’S SMOKING!
Crowds flock around
Sensō-ji Temple’s smoky
censer, eager to get close
to the smouldering
incense. Against all
medical advice (in other
words, please be careful!),
temple visitors waft the
incense smoke over their
bodies, believing it to
possess healing powers.
Sporty types with ‘tennis
elbow’, for example,
may poke their arms
into the smelly cloud,
while spectacle-wearers
can sometimes be seen
pulling the smoke over
their eyes! It’s enough
to make you cry!
Banyak orang
berkerumun di dekat
pedupaan Kuil Sensō-ji,
berusaha mendekat ke
dupa yang menyala. Para
pengunjung membiarkan
asap dupa mengembus
ke tubuh mereka karena
mereka percaya asap
tersebut memiliki
kekuatan penyembuh.
Penderita nyeri otot
siku, misalnya, dapat
menyorongkan siku
mereka ke dalam asap
tersebut, sementara
pemakai kacamata
sesekali terlihat
mengipasi asap ke
mata mereka! Cukup
untuk membuat
mata Anda berair!
Visitors flock around
Sensō-ji Temple’s
smoking censer.
Five-tiered pagoda,
Sensō-ji Temple.
Reading ‘o-mikuji’
fortunes, Sensō-ji
Temple.
Walking beneath
Kaminarimon’s massive
chōchin.