HIGASHIHIROSHIMA, HIROSHIMA PREF. – In these challenging times, Shinto priests can’t afford to confine themselves to the quiet and peace of their shrines.
On a Sunday afternoon in September, Mitsunobu Okada, chief priest of Sugimori Shrine in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, was talking to a group of children as he led them through the forest surrounding the compound.
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