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Show Japs Inform Sun Goddess Of All Important Events Japan's most sacred shrine is a small wooden building at Ise, 250 iair miles from Tokyo, which is dedicated to Amaterasu, the Sun goddess, who has been informed of all important events in that country for 2,500 years, says Colliers. Col-liers. The emperor, for instance, goes there to announce the birth of a royal baby, and the premier pre-mier to tell of a declaration of war. Millions of ordinary pilgrims also visit it annually, although they are forbidden to pass through even the first of the four fences surrounding the temple, which contains, incidentally, nothing but Amaterasu's mirror. |