Once, Kameido Katori Shrine was where warriors sought divine favour before battle. Now, Japan’s competitors go there to ask for help in an Olympics unlike any they’ve seen before
Each night of the Games, in a show of support, the shrine has lit 50 lanterns with 'words of the soul' of Olympians and Paralympians.
At Takiguchi, sub-altars enshrine the deity Susanoo, god of storms, and Tsukuyomi no Mikoto, god of the tides. It is a natural place to bring maritime hopes and anxieties. Its history is tightly interwoven with that of Japan. From the mid-19th century until the Second World War, State Shinto was a government-administered cult that deified the Emperor – a religious adjunct to a period of warring nationalism. Abolished by the Allies after the war, State Shinto then gave way to a spiritualist practice whose rituals have given inspiration to figures such as Marie Kondo and whose rites still give shape to life for many in Japan.
Watching the Games unfold has changed her mind. “Seeing these athletes doing their utmost at the Olympics – that’s given me power,” she said. “I want to achieve my best in life, too.”
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