By AKIHITO OGAWA/ Staff Writer
April 7, 2022 at 10:00 JST
Togen Yoshihara, chief priest of Yokokuji temple, chants Prajnaparamitahrdaya, or the Heart Sutra, 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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