Ritual for end of epidemic at western Japan shrine

Ritual for end of epidemic at western Japan shrine

A ritual to pray for an early end of epidemics is held on April 18, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic, at Omiwa shrine in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, in the presence of pharmaceutical company officials from Nara and neighboring prefectures in western Japan.

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