French connection

From Paris comes news of a major development in Shinto terms.  Masatsugu Okutani has written in to notify us of the Sanctuaire Yabuhara, through which he is offering services as a licensed priest.  It is an outreach of the Yabuhara Jinja in Nagano prefecture.

Masatsugu OKUTANI performs a ritual at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilsations

Masatsugu Okutani works for a Japanese company in Paris and is responsible for French, Italian, Spanish and Swiss markets.  He has two French subordinates and a British boss.  It’s an unusually rich international environment for a Shinto priest.

The Sanctuaire Yabuhara has a website and Facebook page.  At the moment, there is no Jinja or hokora (small shrine), but the priest sets up a temporary shrine (himorogi) for each ritual or celebration.

Activities in Europe are updated on the Facebook page, and the parent shrine of Yabuhara Jinja in Nagano will also be adding information from Japan.

Further information can be found in French and Japanese at the following pages:

Facebook    https://www.facebook.com/#!/sanctuaireyabuhara
Web site   http://www.yabuhara-jinja.org/

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At a lecture in Paris to introduce Shinto