Ritual Omikuji (literally sacred lottery.) Is practiced in many Buddhist temples in Japan as in the popular Sensoji of Tokyo.
To do predict the future, you have to shake a box in which is small pieces of bamboo.
A piece falls and a number is on it.
Then simply find the corresponding box in a large cabinet with drawers and remove a sheet that predicts your future.
If the prediction is wrong, it is advisable to fold the piece of paper and tie it on a clothes line adjoining the temple to ward off bad luck.
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