14 spectacular floats lit with lanterns parade in Japan's Karatsu Kunchi festival
KARATSU, Saga -- Fourteen gorgeous floats recently paraded through the streets to lively calls and music during Karatsu ...
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In secular Japan, what draws so many to temples and shrines? Stamp collecting and tradition
On a recent weekend at Onoterusaki Jinja, a 9th century Tokyo shrine that is part of a broader Shinto history, people came and went, some praying or just sitting on benches. Masami Takeda brought ...
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Japanese praying in Shinto shrines for athletes going to the Olympics and the World Cup
At the Gou Jinja Shinto Shrine, fans of Japanese figures skaters are praying for their victory at the PyeongChang Olympics. In Japan, it is tradition to pray for athletes, “sporting gods”, ahead of ...
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Shrine workers protest Shinto body’s anti-LGBT pamphlet
The Shinto Association of Spiritual Leadership was formed in 1969 as an affiliate of the Association of Shinto Shrines, an influential group representing about 80,000 shrines nationwide.
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Pay us or return our land titles, Jinja locals tell Unra
A section of the road from Amber Court to Kamuli that government promised to construct for the people of Jinja, Kamuli and Buyende districts. PHOTO/DENIS EDEMA Project Affected Person (PAPs ...
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Releases: pallets/jinja
This is the Jinja 3.1.4 security release, which fixes security issues and bugs but does not otherwise change behavior and should not result in breaking changes.