'Rich Shrine' donates revenues from souvenir sales to town

YONAGO, Japan - Takahiro Kageyama (2nd from R), mayor of Hino, Tottori Prefecture, receives a donation from representatives of the Hino Town Tourism Association in the town on Feb. 24, 2012. The body that runs a souvenir shop at Kamochi Shrine sold souvenirs worth 4.5 million yen in 2011 and donated all of the money to the town government. The name of the shrine can also be read as Kanemochi Shrine, meaning ''wealthy shrine'' or ''shrine of the rich.'' (Kyodo)

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