Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe TOKYO, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Virtual visits to shrines are under scrutiny in Japan, with some saying that online visits to shrines lack spirituality and undermine sanctity. The Association of Shinto Shrines in Tokyo issued a notice last summer that "No Shinto god exists on the Internet." The notice came as more shrines are providing online services, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported. Advertisement Advocates of online shrines have argued that just because a visit is virtual, that does not mean it lacks spirituality. Many argue that an online service makes it easier to access a shrine from a remote area or from a sick bed. One chief priest of a shrine that provides online services told the Shimbun that online visits often lead to actual visits.
