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Hundreds of Japanese business leaders attended a religious service at Kanda Myojin shrine in Tokyo on Thursday to pray for good fortune for their businesses on the first day back to work. The Kanda Myojin shrine is more than 1,270 years old and used as a holy place of worship for adherents to the Shinto religion. Since 2 out of the 7 gods of fortune are enshrined at Kanda Myojin, the shrine has become a go-to destination for Japanese businessmen looking for a bit of supernatural help.
Tokyo, Jan 1 (EFFE/EPA).- Visitors on Friday prayed for their health, prosperity and good future during their first visit of the new year at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo.Annually, more than three million people visit Meiji Shrine during the first three days of the New Year. (Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE VISIT MEIJI SHRINE DURING THE NEW YEAR IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Some Japanese traditions hold that dolls actually do have souls, and, as such, should never be simply thrown away after they are no longer needed. Doll owners flocked to the Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo, on Sunday, to participate in the annual Ninyo Kashasai doll-burying ceremony, which allows them to ritually bury their former playthings in order not to upset the spirit living inside the doll.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe takes fellow world leaders on a tour of Ise Shrine, an ancient spot that sits at the heart of Japan's native Shinto religion, on the first day of the G7 summit. IMAGES
Thousands offer prayers at Tokyo's Meiji Shrine as part of New Year's customs to pray for good luck in 2023. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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