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Shrines with other sokushinbutsu can be found around Japan, with more than half the known sokushinbutsu around the sacred mountains of Yamagata prefecture.

From National Geographic • Jan. 19, 2024

It’s also worth noting that Muldoon published a book of rock lyrics in 2013, which he performed with a Princeton, N.J., band called the Wayward Shrines, and once collaborated on a song with Warren Zevon.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2021

Shrines honoring the dead at the Zocalo are part of a tradition that blends Catholic rituals with the pre-Hispanic belief that the dead return once a year from the underworld.

From Reuters • Nov. 2, 2021

Shrines and statues of the folk saint can be found in New Mexico, California, Louisiana, Texas and elsewhere.

From Fox News • Mar. 24, 2019

Other Shrines "John Halifax" was published simultaneously with another tale of Warwickshire life, "Amos Barton."

From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)