![]() If they don’t know the answer to a question, they should not make something up, but call a member of the permanent staff. They are told to use correct polite language with visitors, to maintain a proper distance, and to explain technical terms if necessary. There’s then a list of basic polite phrases for standard situations these are not unique to jinja. The video says that visitors pay more attention to the attitude of priests and miko than they might think, so they should avoid appearing haughty or busy. Miko are told to look at visitors and be polite and cheerful when talking to them. “Miko” is a popular job that a lot of young women want to do the same is not true of the similar jobs for men.Īfter the general instructions, there is a note that specific jinja may have specific requirements that you should follow, as there always is in these sorts of official publications. ![]() Young men do both if I had to guess at the reason, I would say that men who do that are unlikely to want to work at a jinja. It’s interesting that there are no comments about dyeing your hair or earrings directed at men. (I’m not sure exactly how traditional - they may go back less than a century.) They are also asked not to wear brightly coloured or patterned t-shirts under those clothes, probably because they show through. They are asked to wear the specific clothes pictured, which are traditional Japanese work clothes. At new year, they should dress for the cold, but make sure that their underwear is not visible at the neck or cuffs of the vestments. (I don’t know about other countries, but the last two are really, really common for young women in Japan.) Make-up should be light, as appropriate to a jinja, and they should not wear perfume. They are told not to wear earrings (or other piercings), not to have (dyed) brown hair, and not to wear colour contact lenses. They should tie their hair back in a pony tail, and make sure that their hair is out of their eyes. ![]() There are then specific instructions on vestments for miko. They comment that, obviously, what is on the inside is more important than appearance, but that people do judge based on appearance. ![]() Specifically, that means checking that you have shaved your beard, have no dandruff on your shoulders, and don’t have any creases in your vestments, that your vestments are clean, your nails are cut neatly, that your make-up looks clean, and that your body and breath do not smell. The instructions about appearance are summarised by looking “clean/pure”. I bet that point is based on experience… When replying to people, they are told to look at them, and say “hai” to indicate that they are listening, rather than the less formal “un”. They also point out that the standard greetings are not the same as the ones used in shops. They should take the initiative in greeting people, and put their hearts into it. The first specific instruction is to pay their respects at the jinja when they arrive and when they leave. (The first three of those are the standard virtues mentioned in Shinto.) Because their behaviour will affect people’s impression of the jinja, the miko should be aware of how they are interacting with visitors, and aim to be bright, pure, honest, kind, and polite. ![]() They emphasise that it is different from working at a normal company or shop, as they are intermediaries between the visitors and the kami. They start off by thanking people for coming to work at the jinja, because this video was made to be shown to new recruits. This video lays out the general expectations for how temporary miko should behave. ![]()
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