By AKIHITO OGAWA/ Staff Writer
April 7, 2022 at 10:00 JST
Togen Yoshihara, chief priest of Yokokuji temple, reads aloud Prajnaparamitahrdaya to the accompaniment of an acoustic guitar on March 11 in Gosen, Niigata Prefecture. (Akihito Ogawa)
GOSEN, Niigata Prefecture--Togen Yoshihara sings pensively while he plays the guitar on the grounds of a temple here, not for a concert but as a religious rite. [Read More]
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