Shinto priest in Japan wears handmade panda mask to attract visitors to her shrine
- 5 years ago
A senior priest at a shrine in Japan's Greater Tokyo Area wears a homemade panda mask in an attempt to attract visitors to the religious site.
Miwako Kojima of Aruka Shrine in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, decided to bring the shrine's mascot, a panda, to life by creating a mask from clay, masking tape and acrylic paint.
The panda priest uses the costume to lighten up the mood and create a friendly face for the younger visitors.
"I used to feel hot when I needed to keep wearing the mask for a long time in the hot summer," Kojima says in the video, which has English subtitles. "Now I tuck a mini-fan inside it and keep cool when the weather is hot."
This video was filmed on March 25.
Miwako Kojima of Aruka Shrine in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, decided to bring the shrine's mascot, a panda, to life by creating a mask from clay, masking tape and acrylic paint.
The panda priest uses the costume to lighten up the mood and create a friendly face for the younger visitors.
"I used to feel hot when I needed to keep wearing the mask for a long time in the hot summer," Kojima says in the video, which has English subtitles. "Now I tuck a mini-fan inside it and keep cool when the weather is hot."
This video was filmed on March 25.