On September 28, Shizuku Nakayama, second daughter of Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama and his wife, Nobue, was taken to visit the Main Sanctuary for the first time. She was born about a month before—at 7:01 p.m. on August 25, 2020, at Ikoi-no-Ie Hospital, weighing 3,178 grams (7 pounds). Shizuku was embraced…
On October 22, Tenrikyo Church Headquarters held its annual rice-harvesting ceremony at Somanouchi Farm, which was attended by the Shinbashira and his wife, Mrs. Harue Nakayama, as well as Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama and his wife, Nobue. This traditional event was begun by the second Shinbashira, who sought to let people…
On January 26, the Spring Grand Service commemorating the day when Oyasama withdrew from physical life—namely, the lunar calendar date of January 26, 1887—was performed in the Main Sanctuary of Church Headquarters with Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama presiding as chief officiant. Approximately 65,000 Yoboku and followers from both within and outside…
[:en]The New Year’s meeting of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters was held in the Assembly Hall following the evening service on January 4. The meeting was attended by 648 participants, including resident officials of Church Headquarters, head ministers of directly supervised churches, superintendents of dioceses, members of the Assembly, committee members of…
After the evening service on October 26, a special event to celebrate the marriage of Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama and his wife, Nobue, was held […]
On September 1, the wedding ceremony of Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama, 26, and Nobue Kamikawa, 28, was duly conducted at the Foundress’ Sanctuary. Shortly after 9:30 a.m., about an hour before the wedding ceremony began, the bride and groom left the Chuch Headquarters Staff Quarters and proceeded to the Main Sanctuary…