IZUMISANO, Osaka Prefecture—A 62-year-old retiree ... Ise Jingu shrine in Mie Prefecture with about 150 Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines in six prefectures in the Kinki region.

OSAKA--In a rare partnership, Mitsutera temple here will physically merge with a large hotel in an attempt to pass down the temple to posterity. A decline in parishioner numbers and an increasing ...