Wine-filled good luck charms from Yamanashi shrine gain following

Japanese shrines typically sell good luck charms to visitors, but those from a shrine in the central Japan prefecture of Yamanashi come with a twist and are gaining popularity.Kaikuni Ichinomiya Asama Shrine in Fuefuki city is offering charms filled with local wine and an amulet to bring good health and ward off illness.The good luck charms are 3.5 centimeter-long transparent vials with a strap which come in red or white and cost 700 yen ($6) each.The wine comes from around 40 regional wineries that offer their products to the shrine in accordance with a March festival to pray for a good gr…READ FULL ARTICLE