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Sake and wine barrel displays at Meiji Shrine (Meiji Jingu)
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🅰️ndy
October 3, 2025
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A beautiful wall of sake barrels makes for an extremely attractive photo opportunity. Directly opposite is another wall of wooden wine barrels.
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Dirk🌲🌳
July 25, 2025
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🍷 The wine barrels in Meiji-jingu Park come from France, specifically from renowned Burgundy wineries. They were presented to the shrine as a symbolic donation and stand opposite the traditional sake barrels from Japanese breweries.
🎌 What do they represent?
- The wine barrels symbolize Japan's cultural opening to the Western world during the Meiji period.
- They are a symbol of friendship between Japan and France, particularly in the context of culinary culture and diplomacy.
- Like the sake barrels, they are decorative barrels (飾り樽, kazaridaru) – empty and purely symbolic.
🎌 What do they represent?
- The wine barrels symbolize Japan's cultural opening to the Western world during the Meiji period.
- They are a symbol of friendship between Japan and France, particularly in the context of culinary culture and diplomacy.
- Like the sake barrels, they are decorative barrels (飾り樽, kazaridaru) – empty and purely symbolic.
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Anni
September 22, 2022
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Barrels of sake, covered in straw and painted, and barrels of wine - all donated to the shrine.
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