しめ縄 Shime nawa

しめ縄/Shime nawa

しめ縄

日枝神社の気に巻いてありました注連縄です。

堂々とした幹に、白い注連縄のアクセント。

力強いですね。

Shime nawa

Shimenawa is are lengths of braided rice straw rope used for ritual purification in the Shinto religion, according to Wikipedia.

I took this photo at Hie Jinja shrine, and I was very impressed the strong shape of old tree.