Buddhist priest meets Jesus

Roger Stevens | Features

Date posted: 1 Dec 2013

Himeji, Japan (Kansai region) — famous Mt. Shosha temple, Engyo-ji — temple of Tendai sect of Mahayana Buddhism photo iStock

The life of Hirokazu Matsuoka was transformed when he took a trip from Japan to South Korea

Matsuoka was born a son of a Japanese Tendai Buddhist priest in 1962.

The temple was in Yanaka, in the Taitoh ward of Tokyo. As a second son it wasn’t his duty to become a Buddhist priest.

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