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January 2026
Also this year, at Shinmeizan, we began the new year with the celebration of the Eucharist followed, at daybreak, by the ritual, so dear to the Japanese, of watching the first sunrise of the year, with prayer, hymns and… silence!
December (Christmas) 2025
Dear friends and supporters of Shinmeizan!
As we prepare to celebrate the mystery of the Nativity of Christ, Christmas, we wish to share with you the joy and gratitude for the journey we have made together during this year, celebrated by the Catholic Church as a Holy Year or ‘Jubilee Year’.
In the silence that surrounds us on this mountain, we have experienced the quiet coming of the Lord through the encounter with the many people who have come to visit us.
October 2025
The beginning of autumn has brought some relief to the heat of the past summer, and.several... guests to Shinmeizan. Among them:
September 2025
Even though hot weather continued all during this month of September, Shinmeizan has welcomed several visitors. Among them we wish to remember in a special way: