MIYAJIMA, Japan — At a hillside temple, a monk in saffron robes blows a refrain on a conch and begins chanting prayers as thousands of origami cranes donated to Hiroshima burn. For a decade, the ...

Japanese monk Yoyu Mimatsu blows into a conch at a ritual burning of thousands of paper cranes sent to his Buddhist temple near Hiroshima AFP At a hillside temple, a monk in saffron robes blows a ...

Miyajima (Japan) (AFP) – At a hillside temple, a monk in saffron robes blows a refrain on a conch and begins chanting prayers as thousands of origami cranes donated to Hiroshima burn. For a decade, ...

Japanese monk Yoyu Mimatsu blows into a conch at a ritual burning of thousands of paper cranes sent to his Buddhist temple near Hiroshima - Copyright AFP Richard A ...

For a decade, the Daisho-in Buddhist temple on Miyajima island, facing Hiroshima, has held ritual burnings of the millions of origami cranes sent to the city each year. The ceremony is intended to ...