Times are so tough that the local Shinto shrine has stopped hiring musicians for summer festivals, he said.

他说，世道如此艰难，当地神社已不再为夏季庆典雇佣乐师。

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Toil and sweat done, an apprentice meditates before a Shinto shrine.

一个新手在付出辛劳和汗水后蹲坐在神社前。

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The shrine is demolished and rebuilt every 20 years in keeping with the Shinto idea of death and rebirth (the next rebuilding will be in 2013).

伊势神宫每隔20年就得摧毁并重建，以此来迎合日本神道思想中的生死轮回（下一次重建世间为2013年）。

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Chichibu's sacred mountain, Mount Bukozan, has been the location for the Shinto Shrine for more than 2, 000 years.

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Following the path leads to arguably the most splendid Shinto shrine in Tokyo, a traditional building constructed from Japanese cypress.

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The shrine itself is an innocuous and quite elegant place, as shinto shrines generally are.

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