News First foreign same-sex marriage held at Kawagoe temple

thomas · 23 Apr 2023

An Israeli couple recently became the first foreigners to hold a same-sex wedding ceremony at a Buddhist temple in Kawagoe, Saitama. Saimyoji temple plans to accept more sexual minority couples.

Saimyoji temple in Kawagoe, which held the "LGBTQ wedding," has apparently received a number of inquiries about same-sex weddings from abroad, and multiple other ceremonies have been booked. The temple hopes to "contribute to a society that embraces diversity and at the same time become a new base for inbound visitors to Kawagoe as an international hub for same-sex weddings." The Israeli male couple who recently held the wedding are editor Reiss Yoav, 58, and ophthalmologist Yoram Maryon, 68.

Israeli couple become 1st foreigners to hold same-sex wedding at temple near Tokyo - The Mainichi

Saimyoji Temple (瑶光山最明寺):

https://saimyouzi.com/

musicisgood · 23 Apr 2023

Now I wonder if they plan on doing this: The Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgramage is one of the few circular-shaped pilgrimages in the world and includes 88 "official" shrines located in Shikoku . It is thought to have been formed between the late 16th and 17th Century, and has become increasingly popular in recent years

News First foreign same-sex marriage held at Kawagoe temple

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