Worshippers not buying cashless offerings at Japanese temples and shrines

With a slowly rising move toward cashless payments in Japan, some temples are now accepting electric-money offerings.Yet the move has divided opinion, with some worshippers still shunning the method, saying they feel it will bring them less good fortune.Kaigen temple in the city of Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, last year started to use Japanese smartphone service PayPay to receive offerings.The temple then gained wide attention by introducing what it called a "cloud visit" in the year-end period.This time of year is when many Japanese visit temples and shrines, and throw coins into an offe…READ FULL ARTICLE