Friday, November 14, 2008

Money Washing temple

At the end of the Riksha ride we walked through the tunnel below and came to the interesting assortment of cultural heritage.  Above Waka washes a 5,000 yen bill.  According to the tradition if you wash it in this water and then let it dry naturally it will double in value.  None of the rest of us tried it was we are such skeptics!  I was teasing Waka as she was holding it then over the incense to dry it--hey that isn't natural it won't double!
This is the entrance to the water to wash the money.  It is a huge cave inside and I guess the water is a natural spring.  Outside there were several water falls and even a weeping wall.
Below is the entrance tunnel.  Since we were alone in it I tried to yodel as the echo was great.

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