May 2024

During the month of May, the tsutsuji in full bloom of the stairway that leads from the bottom to the top of the hill of Shinmeizan, welcomed many guests, among them:

  • On May 3-5, Mr. and Ms. Hamada, who for several years have been coming regularly to Shinmeizan at the beginning of May for some days of retreat;
  • On May 3-5, also Michelle and other two members of the Women Focolare Movement, from Nagasaki. 
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March and April 2024

 With the coming of spring, the beautifully green new foliage of the kusu trees surrounding Shinmeizan has welcome new guests, among whom we would like to remember in a special way the eight friends of the `Paradise` group, from Yokohama and Tokyo, led by Ms. Murakami Kyoko, for their seventh (!) three days` retreat at Shinmeizan (April 8-10)

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February 2024

On February 6, Shinmeizan welcomed the visit of Ven. Emiko Watanabe, Head of the Buddhist lay organization Rissho Kosei Kai of Kumamoto and in charge of the whole South Kyushu and Okinawa Region, accompanied by two members of the community. In the very friendly meeting held, we also planned a visit to the Rissho Kosei Kai Headquarters of Kumamoto by the Kumamoto Group for Interreligious Dialog, to be carried out in the next future.

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