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When ancestral spiritual homes no longer exist

I've been researching my family's shrine connections, but learning that our ujigami's shrine was destroyed in the war makes me feel spiritually homeless.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Historical trauma severs the threads that once connected families to their sacred places.

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“Where Are You with Shinto and Japanese religion?”

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