Kimono-clad pets blessed at Japan festival lacking enough kids

Tuoi Tre News1 November 2026, 04:19 UTCJapan

Chanting and swishing a wooden wand, a Japanese priest blessed a cat, a shiba inu and several Yorkshire terriers at a shrine in Tokyo on Saturday, in a rite usually reserved for children.

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