Shinto priest blazing trail as community activist

Shinto priest blazing trail as community activist

HIGASHIHIROSHIMA, Japan - Mitsunobu Okada (R), chief priest of Sugimori Shrine in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, chats with senior parishioner Katsumi Tanaka at the shrine on Sept. 8, 2013.

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