Multilingual services to be promoted at Higashi Honganji

Multilingual services to be promoted at Higashi Honganji

Choyu Otani, heir to the chief priest of the Otani sect of Shin Buddhism, speaks at a press conference at Higashi Honganji, the head temple of the Buddhist branch in Kyoto, on April 22, 2015. The Brazilian national expressed his hope to offer multilingual services in addition to those now provided in Japanese and English at the temple. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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