By SHINICHI KAWARADA/ Staff Writer
August 17, 2022 at 18:19 JST
A Buddhist memorial service is performed before a joint monument dedicated to the deceased in the Koshi district of Nantan city in Kyoto Prefecture on Aug. 12. (Shinichi Kawarada)
NANTAN, Kyoto Prefecture--Instead of bowing their heads at ancestral graves, about 50 people offered prayers in front of a single large stone structure enshrining the deceased of Butsumoyoji temple's 70 patron families here on Aug. 12. [Read More]
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