Earning the Community’s Trust Through Relief Efforts This year’s Children’s Pilgrimage to Jiba drew many children from the areas affected by the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake. Kitanoshu and Horyu Branch Churches in Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, quickly established the “Suzu Hinokishin Center” right after the earthquake struck. With the support…
Under the new slogan “Letʼs convey a sense of gratitude and expand the circle of joy,” this yearʼs Tenrikyo Hinokishin Day was observed at a large number of locations throughout Japan on April 29, which is a national holiday called “Greenery Day,” as well as at scores of locations in…
Tenri University, in conjunction with Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, organized “Tohoku Japan Earthquake Relief Project.” Eleven followers from the United States as well as 27 students from Tenri University visited Miyagi, Japan, from August 1 through 4. The participants had a get-together with people in Nanagahama-cho and cleaned…
This year’s Tenrikyo Hinokishin Day was observed across Japan and overseas on April 29. The theme for this year was: “Now is a season for salvation: Let’s do hinokishin!” With a sense of gratitude in their minds, followers engaged in hinokishin at various places in their communities. The Home of…
Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture, lost ten percent of its population to the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. Even a year and nine months after the disaster, the daunting task of removing the remaining wreckage continues. In November 2011, an Iwate support group began planting seedlings and flower bulbs…
Beginning on May 29, the Tohoku and Hokkaido bloc of Tenrikyo Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps (TDRHC) assisted in the recovery effort in Miyagi Prefecture in place of conducting its regular training camp. Over 10 days, 1,783 corps members worked in the cities of Kesennuma and Higashimatsushima to respond to requests…