My Australian friend said that fashion was a kind of religion in Japan. Well, she was right. We are crazy about it.
Except fashion, major religion in Japan may be Shinto or Buddhism. I think Tenrikyo is a minor one. The Tenrikyo headquarters is in Tenri-city, Nara. Among Nara people, it is well known that the city is wealthier than other cities in Nara because of Tenrikyo. When I searched about the religion on the Internet, there were a lot of web-pages saying about it. Many people who believe in Tenrikyo are coming to Tenri-city from all over the world. I've finally found out the reason why Tenri-city is so rich.
the Tenrikyo headquarter
"ようこそおかえり" means "welcome home." You can see a lot of signs saying that in Tenri-city. They think the city is home of all believer in Tenrikyo. There were really many signs like the photo, so I felt a little weird.
Tenrikyo has homepages in a lot of languages:http://www.tenrikyo.or.jp/index.html
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I am curious, why did you choose Tenrikyo as your subject? Do you know members? Have you talked with members?
Not all who live in Tenri-shi belong to Tenrikyo. I have heard about 60% of the city's population follow the religion. In what way do you mean Tenri-chi is rich? In terms of infrastructure? In terms of social welfare programs? In terms of individual wealth?
Tenrikyo has around 3 million followers so it is difficult to generalize about all of them. But most of the Tenrikyo individuals and families I know live quite modestly.
Your pictures are nice. The main sanctuary is quite beautiful. And the "ようこそおかえり" signs refer to the belief that all humans were born in Tenri, thus everyone is returning home. It is grammatically incorrect for a Tenrikyo follower to say 天理に行きます. 天理に帰ります is correct.
Can you explain how you are using the term, weird?
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