TOKYO (AP) — Almost weekly Momo Nomura makes time to visit Shinto shrines . She performs the prescribed rituals — cleansing her hands, ringing a bell, bowing and clapping.

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Almost weekly Momo Nomura makes time to visit Shinto shrines. She performs the prescribed rituals — cleansing her hands, ringing a bell, bowing and clapping. But her main purpose is getting a Goshuin, a stamp with elegant calligraphy that shrines provide for a fee to certify the visit.

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In secular Japan, what draws so many to temples and shrines? Stamp collecting and tradition | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

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Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Almost weekly Momo Nomura makes time to visit Shinto shrines. She performs the prescribed rituals — cleansing her hands, ringing a bell, bowing and clapping. But her main purpose is getting a Goshuin, a stamp with elegant calligraphy that shrines provide for a fee to certify the visit. She loves the stamps, which she began collecting during the pandemic. One with blue hydrangeas got her started. “Beca…

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About 70% of people in Japan have similar nonreligious feelings, according to surveys. Japan's unique relationship to faith is on full display during the final week of the year. People celebrate Christmas with an exchange of presents, ring Buddhist temple bells on New Year's Eve. Most funerals in Japan are held in a Buddhist style.

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