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Show Japs Inform Sun Goddess , Of All Important Events ' Japan's most sacred shrine is a c small wooden building at Ise, 250 " air miles from Tokyo, which is 1 dedicated to Amaterasu, the Sun ' goddess, who has been informed of all important events in that t country for 2,500 years, says Col- liers. The emperor, for instance, . goes there to announce the birth . of a royal baby, and the pre-. pre-. mier to tell of a declaration of war. 4 Millions of ordinary pilgrims , also visit it annually, although i they are forbidden to pass through even the first of the four fences surrounding the temple, which contains, . incidentally, ' nothing but Amaterasu's mirror. |