The Students Association of Taiwan organized its annual Students’ Pilgrimage from August 16 to 27 with the participation of 36 students. While the participants were in the Home of the Parent, they were able to learn about the teachings through such activities as doing corridor-cleaning hinokishin and crossing the Jusan…
On November 21 and 22, National Taiwan University and Tenri University co-hosted a symposium entitled “Comparative Studies of Religions in Taiwan and Japan.” This symposium, held in Taipei, was organized with the aim of further developing religious studies in Taiwan and Japan through academic exchanges between the two universities. Representing…
Tenrikyo Mission Headquarters in Taiwan, located in Taipei and led by Bishop Yoshiaki Mihama, mobilized its Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps―the only one of the kind organized overseas―in response to deadly Typhoon Morakot, which caused devastating floods and mudslides especially in southern Taiwan. A total of 92 members worked on August…
The Students Association of Taiwan organized its annual Students’ Pilgrimage from August 16 to 27 with the participation of 26 students. While the participants were in the Home of the Parent, they took part in various activities including doing corridor-cleaning hinokishin; crossing the Jusan Pass on foot to follow in…
On May 17, Tenrikyo Mission Headquarters in Taiwan, located in Taipei and led by Bishop Yoshiaki Mihama, organized a gathering for followers in eastern Taiwan. The gathering was held at Hualien Church, located in the eastern coastal city of Hualien. In contrast to the western part of the country, where…
Tenrikyo Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps (TDRHC) in Taiwan, which is the only formally organized overseas corps, conducted a leaders’ training camp at Tenrikyo Mission Headquarters in Taiwan on November 10-11. TDRHC in Taiwan was provisionally organized immediately after a major earthquake hit Taiwan in 1999. The corps was dispatched to…