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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

moss shrine'Moss shrine' provides healing comfort to its visitors in Nagasaki Pref.

The pathway to the Ginzanjo Shrine is covered with moss (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

The path leading to Ginzanjo Shrine is covered with brilliant green moss that can provide visitors a healing comfort in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture.

Located in the middle of a Japanese cedar forest, the pathway leading up to the main shrine is about 100 meters long and about 2.5 meters wide.

Cloaked with a sense of stillness, the whole area exudes a very mysterious atmosphere.

"Many people familiar with the shrine call it 'Moss Shrine,'" a representative of the shrine said.

Read more from The Japan News at https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/

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