Sparkling White Snake Kirara-mamori, a transparent Shinto amulet decorated with beautiful foil stamping. Depending on how the light hits it, the design shifts and sparkles, revealing different facets as you turn it in your hand. It measures 6.7 centimeters in height and 4.5 centimeters in width, small enough to carry with you every day.
In Japan, omamori are blessed charms carried for good fortune and personal protection. This one celebrates the white snake of Iwakuni City in Yamaguchi Prefecture, a rare natural monument revered locally as a deity of good luck. The design also weaves in Iwakuni's famous Kintai Bridge alongside classic symbols of prosperity: gold coins, rice bales, and drawstring money pouches.
Every amulet comes from Shirasaki Hachimangu, a shrine in Iwakuni whose history stretches back to the Kamakura period in 1250. Each one is prayed over at the shrine before it's sent out, made to order according to the wishes of the person it's for. Shinto priests dedicate the shrine deity's blessings into the charm, acting as a bridge between the divine and its keeper so that one's wishes might come true swiftly and smoothly.
A special transparent amulet with beautiful foil stamping that changes its shimmer depending on the viewing angle and light. Its design features lucky motifs including a koban coin, rice bale, drawstring pouch, the sacred white snake of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and the historic Kintaikyo Bridge.
Size: 6.7 × 4.5 cm. Prayer-blessed by Shirasaki Hachimangu Shrine in Iwakuni, established in 1250.
