Bingham Bulletin | 1929-09-26 | Page 3 | What Japanese Priest Saw in Coney Island

What Japanese Priest Saw in Coney Island For ages the prosperity of temples and shrines in Japan bus depended on the number of pilgrims. The more pilgrims, the more revenue, and. It should be explained, part of this revenue rev-enue ges Into the pockets of the priests and attendants. All.thls Introduces Intro-duces the story of the chief priest of a famous temple near Tokyo, who, on traveling to New York several years ago. wanted to see v'oney Island first of all. Some surprise wns manifested by his American hosts hut the priest explained, quite Innbcently. that his Idea was to build up a great pleasure resort In the vicinity of his temple for the purpose of attracting pilgrims. And Americans marveled at such huppv combining of religious business with pleasure.