Sensoji Temple - "Bad JuJu"

After entering Sensoji Temple, some of us (not me) decided to try their luck at having their fortune told. We all approached this wall of drawers and a few of us proceeded to try and get lucky.

After donating 100 yen you shake up a rectangular box until a chopstick size piece of wood falls out. Each of these wooden sticks has a Japanese character on it that matches one of about a hundred little drawers with matching characters. You pull open the matching drawer and retrieve a slip of paper with your fortune on it. Sounds simple enough right?

Unfortunately these fortunes didn't pull any punches and a few of our group pulled some really bad fortunes. I found out after we left Japan that if you don't like your fortune you can neutralize it by simply tying it to a nearby wooden fence within the temple. None of us knew that at the time so nobody got rid of their bad fortunes. I haven't told the guys yet because I know they'll be bummed out to hear it.