tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7975421140446668477.post4016238718985227790..comments2024-03-26T13:52:54.721+09:00Comments on More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan: Kumanosha, KunisakiOjisanjakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506748719638540152noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7975421140446668477.post-85880905112891747582018-01-13T19:18:24.245+09:002018-01-13T19:18:24.245+09:00consolidation might be one way to decribe it..... ...consolidation might be one way to decribe it..... what they closed were non-national shrines. Partly to force people to worship the national gods and partly to severely limit the number of matsuri that people took time off work to attendOjisanjakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05506748719638540152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7975421140446668477.post-17971388540609927762018-01-13T11:16:29.812+09:002018-01-13T11:16:29.812+09:00I understood that the Meiji Restoration had most i...I understood that the Meiji Restoration had most impact on the buddhist Temples. I was not aware that many shrines were also closed. Or wa it more a matter of consolidation?Tony Gibbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05617216171909735142noreply@blogger.com