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Agon Shu's Main Religious Activities

1954 Founded "Kannon Jikeikai" (the predecessor of Agon Shu)
1984 Conducted the Aura Festival World Peace Prayer Service with His Holiness the Dalai Lama XIV at Nippon Budokan.
1985 400 members of Agon Shu participate in a world peace prayer service at the Vatican. Had a special audience with Pope John Paul II. Held a joint prayer service with Catholics at San Clement Church.
1986 Received Shinsei Busshari (true relics of the Buddha) from the government of Sri Lanka.
1988 Held the Islamic-Buddhist Forum on World Peace in Kyoto with the participation of Dr. Nemr and other prominent Islamic scholars.
1990 Attended the 4th Peace Conference of World Religious Leaders. Had a special audience with Pope John Paul II.
1991 Completed the Agon Shu Main Temple: Shakazan Daibodaiji in Yamashina, Kyoto.
1996 Conducted fire rites dedicated to world peace as part of the consecrating ceremony of the Mongolian National Eleven-Faced Kannon Image.
Raining after the ceremony, a local newspaper reports it as welcome rain helping the people from drought and forest fire.
2000 Conducted fire rites and held a lecture in New York (Unitarian Church).
2001 Conducted fire rites and held a lecture in New York (Riverside Church).
2003 Conducted fire rites in Paris (Parc du Champs de Mars).
2004 Conducted fire rites in the midtown area of Tokyo.
2005 Conducted fire rites on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Atomic Air Raid in Hiroshima (Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park).
2006 Conducted fire rites at Auschwitz dedicated to world peace. Received a decoration (“Konju Hosho ” Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon).
2007 Conducted fire rites dedicated to the departed souls of victims in the concentration camps in Siberia and for world peace.
2008 Conducted fire rites in celebration of the 60th anniversary of foundation of Israel and for world peace.
2009 Conducted fire rites in Guadalcanal dedicated to the departed souls of the war dead in South Pacific and for world peace.
2010 Held “Kyoto Buddhist Music Festival 2010 – inori (prayer) -”
Held Agon-Maya Joint Fire Rites Ceremony for World Peace at the 2nd One Peace Live Aura Festival
2012 Cosponsored a Japanese music and dance event entitled “Nihon no Inori”(Japanese prayers)
Conducted rites on the sea dedicated to the departed souls of the war dead in the Pacific War and for world peace.
Sacred Fire Ceremony for the Departed Spirits of War Dead in the Pacifc War and for World Peace in May.
2013 Sacred Fire Ceremony to Commemorate the Completion of Stupas in Israel & Agon Shu Main Temple Peace in the Middle East in August & September.
Sacred Fire Ceremony for Celebration of the Completion of Agon Shu Taiwan Main Dojo in November.
2014 Earthquake Reconstruction and National Tranquility Prayer for the Repose of the Souls of the Victims of the Tohoku Earthquake Disaster / Fukushima Shinto-Buddhist Sacred Fire Ceremony in October.
Saipan and Tinian Shinto-Buddhist Sacred Fire Ceremony and World Peace Prayer for the Repose of the Souls of the War Dead in the Mariana Islands in November.
World Peace Prayer and Tinian Fire Rites in November.
2017 Agon Shu World Peace Prayer and Memorial Service for the War Dead in Sakhalin, Kuril and North Pacific Ocean on North Sea.
2018 Agon Shu Shinto-Buddhist Fire Ceremony for the Repose of the Victims of Operation Sook Ching (The Singapore Overseas Chinese Purge Incident), and for the Japanese who Settled in Singapore during Japanese Occupation (Agon Shu Shinto-Buddhist fire ceremony for world peace is held in Singapore)

Agon Shu Shinto-Buddhist Fire Ceremony in Myanmar for World Peace and for the Spirits of the War Dead who Perished in Burma.
2019 Agon Shu Shinto-Buddhist Fire Ceremony for World Peace, Enhancing National Prestige with the Power of Deities, Repose of the Victims of the Upheaval at the End of the Edo Period.
2020 Enshrinement of the Genuine Relics of the Founder of Agon Shu, Agon Shu Shinto-Buddhist Fire Ceremony for Peace in Asia, Liberation of Mankind from Undesirable Karma, the Early Ending of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Repose of the China-related Victims, and Liberation of the Spirits of the Martyrs (Agon Shu Shinto-Buddhist fire ceremony is held in Taiwan)

Agon Shu Shinto-Buddhist Fire Ceremony to Ward Off Calamities of Megaquake and Tsunami with Epicenter which Runs from Median Tectonic Line to Nankai Trough, for Peace in Japan and Prosperity of the City (Agon Shu Shinto-Buddhist fire ceremony is held in Shikoku)

Agon Shu Shinto-Buddhist Fire Ceremony in Hokkaido to Ward Off Calamities of Megaquake in Kuril-Kamchatka Trench and Japan Trench, to Pray for Deities of Ancient Beginnings, to Exalt Divine Virtues and for the Ancient First People (Agon Shu Shinto-Buddhist fire ceremony is held in Hokkaido)
2021 Agon Shu Shinto-Buddhist fire ceremony at Mt. Fuji to Protect Mt. Fuji, to Ward Off Calamities of Megaquake, for Peace in Japan and World Peace, to Pray for the Spirits of Aborted or Miscarried Fetuses, and for the Repose of the Spirits of Boys and Girls who Perished (Agon Shu Shinto-Buddhist fire ceremony is held at Mt. Fuji)

Agon Shu Shinto-Buddhist Fire Ceremony in Izumo to Protect Japan Sea, for Peace in Japan and World Peace, for Exaltation of Divine Virtues of Deities of Ancient Beginning, and for Repose of the Spirits of Ancient First People (Agon Shu Shinto-Buddhist fire ceremony is held at Izumo)
2022 Agon Shu Shinto-Buddhist Fire Ceremony at the Sacred Place Kashiwara Cemetery.

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