Kurozumi-kyo grassroots Shinto chief chants sunrise prayer

Kurozumi-kyo grassroots Shinto chief chants sunrise prayer

TOKYO, Japan - Muneharu Kurozumi (L), chief patriarch of the Kurozumi-kyo school of grassroots Shinto, chants a purification sunrise prayer at the sect's headquarters in Okayama, western Japan, as seen in this file photo taken on Aug. 7, 2014. The practice has continued since the foundation of the sect in 1814, with this year marking its 200th anniversary.

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                      Kurozumi-kyo grassroots Shinto chief chants sunrise prayer

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                      TOKYO, Japan - Muneharu Kurozumi (L), chief patriarch of the Kurozumi-kyo school of grassroots Shinto, chants a purification sunrise prayer at the sect's headquarters in Okayama, western Japan, as seen in this file photo taken on Aug. 7, 2014. The practice has continued since the foundation of the sect in 1814, with this year marking its 200th anniversary. (Kyodo)