1.
LS CROWD AT AIRPORT
2 1/2 ft

2.
MS JAPANESE OFFICIALS AND BUDDHIST MONKS (TWO SHOTS)
6 ft

3.
MS RELICS TAKEN OUT OF PLANE AND RECEIVE BY PUBLISHER MATSUTARO SHORIKI
14 ft

4.
MS RELICS TAKEN TO TERMINAL BUILDING
21 ft

5.
MS MONKS
23 ft

6.
MS RELICS TAKEN TO ALTAR, FOLLOWED BY MONKS AND OFFICIALS (TWO SHOTS)
31 ft

7.
MS RELICS BEING PLACED ON ALTAR
32 1/2 ft

8.
MS MONKS CHANTING PRAYERS
34 ft

9.
CU OFFICIALS PLACING FLOWERS ON ALTAR
38 ft

10.
MS (TRACK) CROWD ON ROADSIDE
44 ft

11.
MS CROWD AT SANCTUARY
48 ft

12.
MS RELICS CARRIED INTO SANCTUARY (TWO SHOTS)
48 1/2 ft

13.
MS RELICS IN SANCTUARY
60 ft

14.
MS MONKS
62 ft

15.
LS CROWD GOING TO SANCTUARY (TWO SHOTS)
66 ft



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Background: A PORTION OF BUDDHA'S RELICS FROM CEYLON, A GIFT TO MR. NATSUTARO SHORIKI, PUBLISHER OF A JAPANESE NEWSPAPER, ARRIVED IN TOKYO BY AIR ON APRIL 8 - THE ANNIVERSARY OF BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY.

THE GIFT FROM THE CEYLONESE GOVERNMENT, WAS BROUGHT BY A SEVEN-MEMBER MISSION TO PROMOTE BUDDHISM IN JAPAN.

ABOUT 500 BUDDHISTS WERE AT THE AIRPORT TO SALUTE THE ARRIVAL OF THE RELICS. AMONG THEM WERE REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS BUDDHISTS ASSOCIATION.

THE RELICS, CONTAINED IN A RECEPTACLE SHAPED LIKE A MINIATURE PAGODA, WERE PLACED IN A GUEST ROOM AT THE AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING. BUDDHIST PRIESTS, LED BY KOTEN TAKAHASHI, CHAIRMAN OF THE KANAGAWAN-KEN BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION, CHANTED PRAYERS AND BURNED INCENSE BEFORE THE RELICS.

LATER, THE RELICS WERE ESCORTED TO THE MYOKENDO SANCTUARY BY BOY SCOUTS, BUDDHIST MUSICIANS, CEYLONESE STUDENTS, REPRESENTATIVES OF BUDDHIST ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER DIGNITARIES.