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Kannushi - Shinto priest -

Kannushi are Shinto priest who minister at Shinto shrine. They serve the diviniies by making offerings and reciting Shinto prayers. They also perform the Shinto purification for people who come to worship and they conduct wedding.

Meanwhile, Shinto priest work also involved shrine administration. Management, for example, of sales of written oracles, talisman, and good luck charms, and accounting of money offering, all come under the direction of Shinto priests.

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