In the town of Toyoura in Hokkaido, a junior high school student who is about to take his high school entrance exams was presented with a talisman made from scallop shells, which are based on a cultivation method in which scallops are hung from a rope to prevent them from falling to the seabed.
For the past four years, Toyoura Town's Funkawan Toyora Tourist Association has been making talismans using local scallops to support the third-year students of the local Toyoura Junior High School, who are preparing to take their high school entrance exams.
Scallops are cultivated using a method called "mizuzuri," in which holes are made in the juvenile clams and suspended from ropes.
The amulets are made by hand, one by one, by attaching a scallop shell with an adhesive to the lucky big catch flag given by a local fisherman, and attaching felt patterns and the word "Pass". rice field.
Members of the tourism association took the prepared charms with their homeroom teacher from Toyoura Junior High School and visited a local shrine to pray for school entrance exams.
The female student who received the amulet said, "I want to take this amulet with me when I take my exams. I want everyone to come together and do their best."
Also, one of the male students said, "I'm happy. I will do my best with the power from this amulet."
Hiroko Tanaka of Funkawan Toyora Tourism Association said, "I want to convey the feeling that everyone in the town is cheering. I think it was a difficult junior high school life with Corona, so I wanted you to have a good time in high school.”