October 10, 2010
First Shinto Shrine in Europe
A Shrine was <a href="http://www.budo11.net/pages/article_jo.html">inaugurated in France</a>(<a href="http://www.budo11.net/pages/divers/Article_Jinja_en_France.pdf">pdf</a>) last week on the 25th of March. It claims to be the first Shinto shrine in Europe.
It is attached to a Shingo sect Buddhist temple about 170 km South South East of Paris on the A6 near <a href="http://www.frankreich-sued.de/Joigny/">Joigny</a>.
The shrine is a subshrine (bunsha) of <a href="http://www.mizuya.org/index.shtml">Mizuya Shrine</a>(<a href="http://www.mizuya.org/top/english.htm">English</a>) of Mie prefecture.
According to the article the priestess in attendance, Rev. Mami Takebe, does Jodo (a kind of martial art using sticks) at a <a href="http://www.budo11.net/">dojo in Paris</a>, and is the daughter of a priest.
Posted by timtak at October 10, 2010 05:48 PM