On August 14, Japanese breaststroke swimmer Kosuke Kitajima–originally from Tokyo Swimming Center, which is run by Tokyo Tenrikyo-kan–added the 200-meter gold medal to the 100-meter title he had won on the 11th, thus successfully defending the two titles he had claimed in Athens four years ago. He won the 200…
Tenrikyo Church Headquarters conducted its July Monthly Service on the 26th at the Main Sanctuary with the Shinbashira presiding. On that day–10 days after the announcement of the end of the rainy season–the Home of the Parent was blessed with a blue sky, and the temperature exceeded 35ºC (95ºF). Many…
These days, some of the Dining Service Center’s delivery vans leave a whiff of tempura on their way to deliver meals to followers dormitories, schools, and other facilities. The center recently began to recycle used cooking oil to power five of its vans–as well as a truck and a piece…
Asahiyama Zoo, located in Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, is the northernmost zoo in Japan. Last year, the zoo had 3.07 million visitors and continues to increase its nationwide popularity due to its innovative presentations and exhibits that are designed to give close-up views of the fascinating behavior of the zoo’s animals.…
Below is a summary of lecture four, which was delivered recently by Kazuhiro Hatakama, researcher at the Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, and which addressed the Mikagura-uta’s section three, i.e., the song that contains the line “All humankind equally purified, the Kanrodai.” * * * * * While…
The opening ceremony for the 2008 Oyasato Seminar–a summer program geared toward transmitting the faith to mainly high school-age participants who are to carry on the path of the overseas mission–was held in the auditorium of Tenrikyo Language Institute on July 10. The Oyasato Seminar initially began in 1984 as…