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Nationwide street fundraising by Buddhist monks

A Tendai Buddhist monk from Enryakuji, a temple located on Mt. Hiei in the western Japan city of Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, visits a home in the city to seek donations on Dec. 1, 2025. The annual street fundraising campaign by the Tendai temples across Japan takes place in over 50 locations nationwide, with proceeds to be donated to such organizations as the Japanese Red Cross Society.

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Nationwide street fundraising by Buddhist monks

Tendai Buddhist monks from Enryakuji, a temple located on Mt. Hiei in the western Japan city of Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, walk around houses in the city to seek donations on Dec. 1, 2025. The annual street fundraising campaign by Tendai temples across Japan takes place in over 50 locations nationwide, with proceeds to be donated to such organizations as the Japanese Red Cross Society.

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Hall at Enryakuji Temple, Mt Hiei

Hall at Enryakuji Temple, Mt Hiei==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6866]

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Religious leaders pray for world peace and release of S. Koreans

OTSU, Japan - Religious leaders from around the world and about 1,000 participants attending a world peace ceremony at the Hieizan Enryakuji Temple in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Aug. 4, pray for world peace and the release of South Korean hostages being held in Afghanistan.

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Bus tour participants chant Buddhist sutra at temple

OSAKA, Japan - Participants in a bus tour of well-known Buddhist temples in the western Japan region of Kinki chant the Heart Sutra at the Enryakuji temple in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Oct. 11, 2014.

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Enryakuji Temple celebrates 1,200th anniversary of Tendai sect

OTSU, Japan - Priests celebrate the 1,200th anniversary of the start of the Tendai sect by Priest Saicho on Jan. 26 at the Kompon-Chudo central hall at Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei.

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Some 600 people pray for world peace

OTSU, Japan - Some 600 people representing various religious groups in Japan gather at Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Aug. 4 to pray for world peace. The meeting dates back to 1987, when religious delegates from around the world held a meeting in commemoration of the 1,200th anniversary of the opening of the temple.

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Tendai Buddhism priests walk around auditorium at Enryakuji

Tendai Buddhism priests walk around the "Daikodo" auditorium chanting the "shomyo" chant at Hieizan Enryakuji, a World Heritage temple in Otsu, western Japan, on Oct. 4, 2015. This practice is called "Daigyodo." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Child monks take part in traditional ritual at Enryakuji temple

Child monks recite teachings of Tendai Buddhism during a quadrennial traditional ritual at Hieizan Enryakuji, a World Heritage temple in Otsu, western Japan, on Oct. 4, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Religious leaders pray for world peace and release of S. Koreans

OTSU, Japan - Religious leaders from around the world and about 1,000 participants attending a world peace ceremony at the Hieizan Enryakuji Temple in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Aug. 4, pray for world peace and the release of South Korean hostages being held in Afghanistan. (Kyodo)

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Enryakuji Temple celebrates 1,200th anniversary of Tendai sect

OTSU, Japan - Priests celebrate the 1,200th anniversary of the start of the Tendai sect by Priest Saicho on Jan. 26 at the Kompon-Chudo central hall at Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei. (Kyodo)

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Bus tour participants chant Buddhist sutra at temple

OSAKA, Japan - Participants in a bus tour of well-known Buddhist temples in the western Japan region of Kinki chant the Heart Sutra at the Enryakuji temple in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Oct. 11, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Konpon-chudo Hall at Enryakuji Temple, Mt Hiei

Konpon-chudo Hall at Enryakuji Temple, Mt Hiei==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Jodo-in at Enryakuji Temple, Mt Hiei

Jodo-in at Enryakuji Temple, Mt Hiei==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Enryakuji reveals oldest building

Photo shows the interior of the oldest building at Enryakuji, a temple located on Mt. Hiei in the western Japan city of Otsu, revealed to the media on July 31, 2017. The building, Tenbo Rin-do, an important national cultural property, will open to the public for the first time from Aug. 1 through Dec. 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Enryakuji reveals oldest building

Photo shows the interior of the oldest building at Enryakuji, a temple located on Mt. Hiei in the western Japan city of Otsu, revealed to the media on July 31, 2017. The building, Tenbo Rin-do, an important national cultural property, will open to the public for the first time from Aug. 1 through Dec. 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Some 600 people pray for world peace

OTSU, Japan - Some 600 people representing various religious groups in Japan gather at Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Aug. 4 to pray for world peace. The meeting dates back to 1987, when religious delegates from around the world held a meeting in commemoration of the 1,200th anniversary of the opening of the temple.