>>85594Shrines and temples are quite commercialized in Japan. They'll often sell not just religious stuff like omamori, hanaya, omikuji, etc, but also general souvenirs, sweets, and trinkets that don't have any sort of magical power whatsoever and can very much be found somewhere else. See pic.
The ema, the tablet thingy you hang up after writing your wish, will also have a custom design unique to each shrine designed to incentivize tourism, as well as go-shuin which are special seal marks you pay to have stamped in a book dedicated to it, of course bought separately, that one's aimed at collectors. There's also tons of these shops all over the place, with some locations have several across trails or integrated inside of sacred buildings. Vending machines too, but those are literally everywhere.
Furthermore, the text you see on torii, bells, or the walls of lanterns or barrels that are here or there? That's the name of the sponsor who donated money to have that put there. Look at
this pic from the mythical Fushimi Inari-Taisha, on the right side it's the date and on the left the donor under its location, such as the 株式会社メイナン you can read on the second pillar from the left, below its address from Nagoya. Still looks cool as fuck, though.
>>85597I had wanted to post about Ryouhou-ji back in the Luce thread, but forgot. They're an interesting bunch, for sure.
>>85598Now I'm imagining some powerscaler possessed by the ghost of Thomas Aquinas ferociously writing an essay on why the Christian god would beat Featherine Augustus Aurora and it's not even close.