『ローカルな範囲でグローバル規模に交流する ̶—ある浄⼟仏教寺院の革新と変容』（国際研究研究所のニュースレター）

This article explores the intersection of a local Buddhist neighbourhood, intimately connected to the global sphere through the main temple household (managed by a Japanese head priest and British temple wife). Utilising ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Takachiho, Miyazaki prefecture, from 2010-2012, the case study concerns a four hundred and fifty year old Jōdo Shinshū Pure Land temple that demonstrates problems common to rural locations throughout Japan; as well as illustrating the fact that non-Japanese are active practitioners in Japanese culture and religiosity in the local sphere.

This could perhaps be regarded as part of a wider new trend, particularly within Japanese Buddhism in a rapidly globalising world. By exploring the challenges faced by the local neighbourhood in decline, the article suggests ways in which the temple could accommodate these: acting as an agent of change in a new style Temple Buddhism adapted to the contemporary era.