As cashless payment for offerings at shrines and temples is gaining attention, Yasaka Shrine in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, has begun offering wooden plaques called "sanpaisen" to be placed in offering boxes. Visitors first ask for offerings in the shrine grounds and then place the wooden plaque in the offering box placed in front of the altar. The shrine is keen to establish this as a new form of offering instead of cash. QR codes and electronic money seem more convenient, so why go to the trouble of asking for a wooden plaque?