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Camera captures worshippers and tourists walk up stairs to Hetsumiya (Hetsuno-miya) Shrine Hall in Enoshima Shrine. Enoshima Island, Kanagawa, Japan.
Enoshima-Jinja Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Enoshima Island, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. The shrine is dedicated to the worship of the kami Benten.
Enoshima Island has been popular place for casual enjoyment from long time.
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Camera captures many worshippers and tourists at Benzaiten Nakamise Street from Zuishinmon Gate through the Syano Torii Gate (Red Torii Gate) in Enoshima Shrine. Enoshima Island, Kanagawa, Japan.
Enoshima-Jinja Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Enoshima Island, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. The shrine is dedicated to the worship of the kami Benten.
Enoshima Island has been popular place for casual enjoyment from long time.
Benzaiten...
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Camera captures many worshippers and tourists at Benzaiten Nakamise Street from Zuishinmon Gate through the Syano Torii Gate (Red Torii Gate) in Enoshima Shrine. Enoshima Island, Kanagawa, Japan.
Enoshima-Jinja Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Enoshima Island, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. The shrine is dedicated to the worship of the kami Benten.
Enoshima Island has been popular place for casual enjoyment from long time.
Benzaiten...
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Camera captures a long line of many worshippers to pray at Hetsumiya Shrine. Enoshima Island, Kanagawa, Japan.
Enoshima-Jinja Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Enoshima Island, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. The shrine is dedicated to the worship of the kami Benten.
Enoshima Island has been popular place for casual enjoyment from long time.
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Young Japanese Monks Praying in a Buddhist Temple
Three Japanese Monks praying and chanting inside a Buddhist Temple
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USA: WASHINGTON: EXHIBITION OF IMPERIAL JAPANESE ART
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An exhibition of Imperial Japanese art never before seen outside Japan is on display in Washington D-C.
The 56 priceless paintings and 20 works of calligraphy are at the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art in honour of the...
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Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito marries 29-yr-old commoner, Masako Owada
SHOWSMasako Owada leaving her home and bowing to her family: Masako Owada dressed in 9th Century-style wedding robes on her way to shinto wedding ceremony: Crown Prince Naruhito enters shrine: Masako Owada bowing at entrance to shrine:...
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VOICED : The secret world of Japan's hidden Christians
They are the subject of a new film by Martin Scorsese Japan's so called 'hidden Christians who were brutally persecuted in the 17th century when Shoguns ruled the land
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Japanese children help celebrate spring festival
Hongu, April 2008
1. Priests and eleven father and son couples walk out of Hongu Shrine on the beginning of their day's journey
2. Fathers carrying their three year old sons on their shoulders
3. Procession moves down the steps
4....
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Controversial shrine opened to press
1. Wide shot of the veterans marching towards the alter of the shrine
2. Front shot of the veterans saluting with the Imperial Japan flag
3. Close up of the flag
4. Close up of the veterans
5. Wide shot of the man bowing at the shrine...
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Japanese politicians visit controversial Yasukuni Shrine
Nearly 160 Japanese lawmakers visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Friday to pay their respects to the war dead during the shrine's annual autumn festival.
Organisers said an initial count of 159 lawmakers visited the...
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An ancient Japanese sect performs its annual pilgrimage
Kii Mountains - date unknown
1. Wide of Kii Mountains
2. Mid of Yamabushi man blowing shell horn
3. Various of Shingon Sect Yamabushi tending a ritual fire called which wood containing prayers are burnt
4. Mid of Yamabushi reciting...
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First fishing boat rebuilt, launched after tsunami
Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture -7 January, 2012
1. Various of fishing boats, which were damaged by the 11 March, 2011 tsunami, at dock
2. Zoom in on scallop boat, the Dai Nana Mombetsu Maru
3. Close up of boat name, pan to Shinto priest...
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Couple celebrate wedding at the shine of Sake god
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Matsuo Taisha (Shrine) Kyoto, September 25th 2010
1. Various of Matsuo Taisha Shrine ending with shot of building housing barrels of sake given as offerings to shrine deities
2. SOUNDBITE: Japanese Iwata Yasuhiko,...
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Traditional shinto ritual opens G7 meeting
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida welcomed his G7 ministerial counterparts to Hiroshima on Sunday ahead of the foreign ministers' annual two-day meeting.The welcoming ceremony concluded with a traditional Japanese toast.Ministers...
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Tokyo residents pray for tsunami victims at shrine
1. Wide of Meiji Shrine
2. People walking up to shrine
3. Various of people praying
4. Shinto priests walking past pushing trolley
5. Various of people praying
6. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Yousuke Hosino, aged 29, part-time worker, vox...
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Aso shrine collapses following quake
A historic shrine in the Japanese city of Aso was seriously damaged by Saturday's earthquake - the second to hit the country in three days.Nine people died in the first quake on Thursday night and police said that at least 32 people had...
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Raw: Leaders Visit Shrine At Start of G-7 Summit
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4037178Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday welcomed G7 leaders at the Ise-Jingu shrine, considered the holiest place in Japan.European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission...
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World Bonsai convention delights visitors
LEADIN: The World Bonsai Convention has returned to Japan for the first time in 28 years. Bosnia enthusiasts from across the world are attending the event to learn more about these ancient and majestic miniature trees. STORYLINE: This...
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Intro to Japanese Religion
Shinto and Buddhism are two Japanese religions introduced in this short video. Author, Rushton Hurley, describes the differences between the two religions with fantastic visuals.