Shimane Prefecture draws visitors to Izumo Taisha, a shrine where Shinto deities gather to determine future connections.

Shimane Prefecture draws visitors to Izumo Taisha, a shrine where Shinto deities gather to determine future connections.

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NASA has presented rock and dust samples from the asteroid Bennu which exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life.

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“Inside that building is a rock,” says Tadaharu ... Afterwards, I wander into the garden behind the temple and find a shrine to a Shinto mountain-deity. Next to it is a plaque, inscribed ...