Norman Havens is Lecturer at the Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics at Kokugakuin University in Tokyo. He holds a Masters degree in the Study of Religion from Princeton University, and has carried out research on modern Japanese religion, with a focus on the history of popular pilgrimage to Ise Jingû (okage mairi). He has translated several books from Japanese, including The World of Shinto, Matsuri, New Religions, and Kami.

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