As Reuters reports, thousands of Japanese business executives visited "a shrine dedicated to commerce" to kick off 2009, praying to the god Ebisu-Sama for financial prosperity.
At the alter of the 1,300-year-old Kanda Myojin shrine, the pilgrims prayed and paid as if Jim and Tammy Bakker were passing the plate.
From Reuters (not Ebisu-Sama): "The economic outlook in export-reliant Japan is gloomy, where industrial output fell at a record pace in November and the job market is shrinking, threatening to crush consumption and depress prices."
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