Brand new, small size Shinto religious offering tray. Trays such as this are called takatsuki in Japanese and are used to hold food items placed as offerings before the altars of Shinto shrines and smaller home altars called kamidana. These trays are made of wood or ceramic and offerings may include foods such as rice, fruits and vegetables as well as liquids such as water or sake rice wine. Salt is also sometimes offered as an object of symbolic purification.