"Rugby shrine" opens in Tokyo ahead of World Cup english.kyodonews.net

KYODO NEWS - 9 hours ago - 18:39 | Sports, Rugby2019, AllA special "rugby shrine" opened in the Marunouchi business district of central Tokyo on Tuesday, ahead of the Rugby World Cup in Japan starting in a month.
The site, set up by real estate firm Mitsubishi Estate Co. and open until the tournament ends on Nov. 2, enshrines a god from the Shimogamo shrine, a World Heritage site in Kyoto.
The Kyoto shrine has a historical connection to Japanese rugby as it is where a Tokyo-based Keio University student taught the game to counterparts of what is now Kyoto University in 1910, leading to its spread throughout western Japan.
said Naomi Naito, 60, from Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, who has bought tickets for all of Japan's pool stage games.
(Former Japan rugby captain Toshiaki Hirose, left, visits the shrine on Aug. 20, 2019.)