Standard Issue Shinto Shrine

Just to give some context, Shintoism was the national Japanese religion before Buddhism. The two religions clashed at the beginning, but as someone in the group pointed out, the Japanese seem to be more spiritual than religious and hence they soon found out practical ways to combine the two. In fact the two seem to co-exist in harmony. As our guide put it: Buddhism deals with the afterlife and Shintoism deals with the everyday fortune. For instance, if you have an exam or need money you go to a Shinto Shrine and not a Temple.

A Shinto Shrine is trivial to identify:

1. It is usually very colorful (fig 1)
   
2. It always has this sign at the entrance (fig 2)

Shinto how to:

1. First you wash your hands (fig 4).
   
2. You donate some money
3. You ring the bell (fig 5) to make sure that the respective God is around to listen to you
4. In addition to the bell, you clap your hands (not shown)
5. You bow.

The last picture is not a very nice Shrine, but it belongs to the God of learning (so even if it is actually located in Osaka, I put it here). You can also tell that it belongs to the God of learning by the amount of Sake stored nearby.

I just realized that the pictures were reorder by "logger" so try to figure out the permutation... I am too tired.