Prayers to start the year
I am quite fond of visiting temples and shrines. In Japan it is very common for people to visit religious sites to engage in a practice called 初詣 (Hatsumōde: First shrine visit of the New Year). I’ve been in Japan for a long time now and of course I take part in this practice.
These new year shrine visits are not always simply go…
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