Shinto priests throughout Japan are preparing to hold commemoration ceremonies on March 11 to mark the one-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that killed an estimated 20,000 people.
The Association of Shinto Shrines has issued a suggested prayer to be read during the ceremonies. That prayer, according to the Rev. Masafumi Nakanishi, a Shinto priest, describes the calamity, pleads that there be no more disasters and asks that people live peacefully.
Nakanishi performed just such a ceremony on Wednesday (Feb. 29) at Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs during a program on the "Shinto response" to the disaster. (Washington Post)
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