Sacred fire rite for 1st time in 150 yrs at Wakayama shrine

Sacred fire rite for 1st time in 150 yrs at Wakayama shrine

A sacred fire rite is conducted at Niutsuhime Shrine in Wakayama Prefecture, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in western Japan, for the first time in about 150 years on April 22, 2015, to mark the 1,200th anniversary of the founding of Mt. Koya monastery. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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