Ema - 絵 马 
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Ema are the traditional Shinto tablets that are used to place under the trees in the sacred temples. When the Japanese go to the temple and buy a tablet ema you write above their own desires. Leaving the bar near the sacred trees suggests that the gods can read and can do when in their power to make dreams come true. Ema tablets are similar in shape and size even though some of them have painted above the animals and usually contain the word "deny (愿意)" which means "desire." Unlike Western religions, where faith is experienced as reverence God, in the Shinto religion, people tend to look after the kami (spirits of the gods) and ask them a variety of things, ranging from peace in the world to very personal things.
The Ema are the traditional Shinto tablets that are used to place under the trees in the sacred temples. When the Japanese go to the temple and buy a tablet ema you write above their own desires. Leaving the bar near the sacred trees suggests that the gods can read and can do when in their power to make dreams come true. Ema tablets are similar in shape and size even though some of them have painted above the animals and usually contain the word "deny (愿意)" which means "desire." Unlike Western religions, where faith is experienced as reverence God, in the Shinto religion, people tend to look after the kami (spirits of the gods) and ask them a variety of things, ranging from peace in the world to very personal things. 
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