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Places of Prayer: LIFE INOCHI Sacred-Site Pilgrimages

Archive of past events and activities

Encounters with life, shared in many places.
Follow those moments through photographs and the words of the time.

Original Event Announcement

Dedication Screening at Izanagi Jingu

Izanagi Jingu / Awaji, Hyogo

A dedication screening at the Three Great Mythological Kagura Festival.

Photographs and the original account ↓
Event & Activity Record

Dedication of “INOCHI” at the Hana-no-Iwaya Shrine Annual Festival

Hana-no-Iwaya Shrine / Kumano, Mie

A song offering, recorded separately from screenings of the film.

Photographs and the original account ↓
MEMORIES & WORDS

Photographs, and words from that time.

At Japan’s sacred sites

Photograph published in the LIFE INOCHI sacred-site pilgrimage introduction
Photograph published on the official sacred-site pilgrimage page. Location and date have not been identified.

LIFE INOCHI Sacred-Site Pilgrimages

Art and Satori

Beyond the self, connecting with all things, awakening to life

JAPAN

Pilgrimage of LIFE

An initiative that draws on Japan’s cultural heritage

World Heritage Sites, Japan Heritage, shrines and temples, historic sites, and ancient burial mounds

Japanese Heritage, Shrines, Temples, Nature, Historic Sites, Ancient Tombs

Illuminated cherry blossoms at night, Takeda Castle Ruins
Illuminated cherry blossoms at night, Takeda Castle Ruins
Takeda Castle Ruins — a National Historic Site of Japan
Takeda Castle Ruins — a National Historic Site of Japan
A solitary pine at the Castle in the Sky
A solitary pine at the Castle in the Sky
Mount Shosha Engyo-ji — Japan Heritage
Mount Shosha Engyo-ji — Japan Heritage
Photograph published in the LIFE INOCHI sacred-site pilgrimage introduction
Photograph published on the official sacred-site pilgrimage page. Location and date have not been identified.
The screen for the offering screening set up in front of the shrine buildings at Izumo Taisha
The venue for the Izumo Taisha special offering screening
Yoh Shomei Art Museum, Minamiaso
Yoh Shomei Art Museum, Minamiaso

Rediscover the wonder of life at Japan’s sacred sites.

The Japanese people have embraced a spirit akin to the SDGs since ancient times.

It is the value of shinra bansho: respect for the whole of existence and for nature.

They have walked alongside nature with an understanding that our lives are sustained by something beyond ourselves.

This understanding extends beyond visible, biological life

to an invisible continuity, passed on through time,

in which we are part of a greater life.

Rather than seeing life only as an individual existence,

it cherishes the idea that all life forms one continuous whole.

This is a concept that has long been held dear.

The wisdom born from it has informed clothing, food, housing, art, culture, buildings, historic sites,

and every aspect of the way life is lived.

Japan, the world’s oldest country.

The spirituality and wisdom of the Japanese people are expressed

in nature, shrines, temples, historic sites, and traditional culture.

As we receive, through our senses, the spirit and values that lie within each region,

we rediscover the understanding of life at the root of who we are.

For temples and shrines

Screenings at temples and shrines

A screening and conversation with the director in person

Approximately 45 minutes; visits can be arranged to coincide with your events.

View the flyer PDF — front

Back

Photograph published in the LIFE INOCHI sacred-site pilgrimage introduction
Photograph published on the official sacred-site pilgrimage page. Location and date have not been identified.
Photograph published in the LIFE INOCHI sacred-site pilgrimage introduction
Photograph published on the official sacred-site pilgrimage page. Location and date have not been identified.

Screening abroad — Bangkok, Thailand

Sathira Dhammasathan

Special LIFE INOCHI screening in the Meditation Hall

2025.2.2.

World Heritage Site — Annual Grand Festival at Hana-no-Iwaya Shrine

A dedication of the song INOCHI

Photograph published in the LIFE INOCHI sacred-site pilgrimage introduction
Photograph published on the official sacred-site pilgrimage page. Location and date have not been identified.
Photograph published in the LIFE INOCHI sacred-site pilgrimage introduction
Photograph published on the official sacred-site pilgrimage page. Location and date have not been identified.

2023.11.3

World Heritage Site — Koyasan

LIFE® INOCHI with the Super Kids Orchestra & INOCHI Summit

2024.7.26

World Heritage Site — Kumano Hayatama Taisha

Special program marking 20 years of World Heritage inscription

Kumano Children’s Summit

Photograph published in the LIFE INOCHI sacred-site pilgrimage introduction
Photograph published on the official sacred-site pilgrimage page. Location and date have not been identified.
Photograph published in the LIFE INOCHI sacred-site pilgrimage introduction
Photograph published on the official sacred-site pilgrimage page. Location and date have not been identified.

2023.11.3

World Heritage Site — Koyasan

An event commemorating 1,250 years since the birth of Kobo Daishi Kukai

LIFE INOCHI × Super Kids Orchestra

2023.11.2

World Heritage Site — Kongobu-ji, Koyasan Shingon Buddhism

Koyasan ART DAYS

Special screening

Photograph published in the LIFE INOCHI sacred-site pilgrimage introduction
Photograph published on the official sacred-site pilgrimage page. Location and date have not been identified.
Photograph published in the LIFE INOCHI sacred-site pilgrimage introduction
Photograph published on the official sacred-site pilgrimage page. Location and date have not been identified.

2023.5.14-7.9

World Heritage Site — Kongobu-ji, Koyasan Shingon Buddhism

Grand commemorative services marking 1,250 years since the birth of Kobo Daishi

Special screening

2023.4.15

World Heritage Site — Kumano Hongu Taisha

Special dedication screening marking the 130th anniversary of the shrine’s relocation

Venue: Oyunohara

Photograph published in the LIFE INOCHI sacred-site pilgrimage introduction
Photograph published on the official sacred-site pilgrimage page. Location and date have not been identified.
Photograph published in the LIFE INOCHI sacred-site pilgrimage introduction
Photograph published on the official sacred-site pilgrimage page. Location and date have not been identified.

2022.9.25

Japan’s oldest shrine — Three Great Mythologies Kagura Festival

Special dedication screening at Izanagi Jingu, Awaji Island

A sacred place in Japanese mythology

Special dedication screening at Izumo Taisha, Shimane

A special nighttime offering screening at Izumo Taisha
Scenes from the special offering screening at Izumo Taisha
Photograph published in the LIFE INOCHI sacred-site pilgrimage introduction
Photograph published on the official sacred-site pilgrimage page. Location and date have not been identified.

National Historic Site — Takeda Castle Ruins, the Castle in the Sky, Hyogo

Cherry blossom illumination at night

Japan Heritage logo
Japan Heritage logo published in the original source

Japan Heritage — Mount Shosha Engyo-ji, Hyogo

Autumn Foliage Festival

Photograph published in the LIFE INOCHI sacred-site pilgrimage introduction
Photograph published on the official sacred-site pilgrimage page. Location and date have not been identified.

Source: articles and event announcements originally published on the official LIFE website.
Added to this website on October 31, 2026.