Your fortune
$35An omikuji (御神籤) is a fortune drawn at a Japanese shrine. It offers advice on things like health, work, relationships, and travel.
We visit one of Kyoto's many shrines for you or someone you love, a different one every day, each with unique customs and offerings. We perform the necessary purification, make an offering, and follow that shrine's method for drawing the fortune.
Your purchases help keep Kyoto shrines beautiful and vibrant! We visit not only major shrines but also pay homage at smaller neighborhood shrines. Therefore, a portion of your purchase goes directly to maintaining local places of worship that might otherwise fall into neglect.
Shrine visits dailyDelivery of images may take up to one weekDelivery of posted items may take up to 2 weeks to arrive
What your order includes
A real shrine visit
A real person in Kyoto visits a shrine on your behalf.
Photos and video
Carefully shot and suitable to post.
The physical item
Your paper fortune is tied at the shrine by default, or sent inside a collectible fortune vessel by tracked post if selected.
Japanese text and an accurate translation
Your fortune is transcribed from the Japanese and paired with a careful, accurate English translation, reviewed against the original.
Detailed knowledge of each shrine
Learn about the history, traditions, and local significance of the specific shrine behind your fortune.
StandardDEFAULT · INCLUDED IN CURRENT PRICES
All images and video are taken by real people on the ground using high-end phone cameras. The aim is to provide results as good as, or considerably better than, what most people post to their social media accounts. This is not professional or commercial production; for that we use dedicated photographers and image specialists and a separate fee structure — feel free to contact us for details at info@japanwishes.com
CinematicAVAILABLE ON REQUEST
A properly produced result with a professional camera and an experienced operator. This includes considerably more time at the shrine and proper colour grading.
Enquire for DetailsOption 1 · Digital media package
Digital delivery
An omikuji fortune drawn on your behalf—or for someone you love—at a shrine in Kyoto.
Your personal delivery page includes:
- Nine photographs of the shrine, taken on the day your fortune is drawn.
- Three personal photographs capturing your draw, your fortune slip, and your fortune tied at the shrine.
- Social-media-ready images and one video to share.
- A transcription of the Japanese text and an accurate and faithful translation.
Option 2 · Mailed figurine
Collector’s choice
Choose a collectible omikuji figurine unique to its shrine, mailed directly to you.
Keep the figurine as a memento, photograph your fortune, and use our website to translate it into English.
You still receive photographs of the shrine and detailed local knowledge about its history.
Omikuji slips
A glimpse of the words people have chosen to share.
Example fortunes and shared fortunes. Choose “Translate fortune” to read a drawn fortune beside a larger photo; tied-fortune examples remain available to view without a translation. Shared customer fortunes use “Read transcription & translation” and appear only with permission and approval.
Collectible fortunes
Omikuji figurines
Small figures that hold a fortune inside. Selected field examples and shared collectible photographs, displayed with permission and approval.
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