Buddhist temples joining matchmaking boom

Buddhist temples joining matchmaking boom

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Shunko Yoshino (R), chief priest of Anrakuji, a Buddhist temple of the Nichiren sect in the city of Wakayama, and Ryushin Yasutake (C), chief priest of Dorakuji, a Buddhist temple of the Kuze Kannon sect in the town of Katsuragi, Wakayama Prefecture, accept participants in a spouse-finding hunting event in front of an altar in the main hall of Anrakuji on Feb. 11, 2013.

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