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Stamp collecting and tradition draws crowds to temples and shrines

TOKYO (AP) – In Japan, Momo Nomura makes time to visit Shinto shrines almost every week. She performs the prescribed rituals cleansing her hands, ringing a bell, bowing and clapping. But her main purpose is getting a Goshuin, a stamp with elegant calligraphy that shrines provide for a fee to certify the visit. She […] ....

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