On April 29th, 50 days after the Great East Japan Earthquake, The Religious NGO Network for Humanitarian Support (RNN) held the Great East Japan Earthquake Memorial Service at the Shintozan, Headquarters of Kurozumikyo in Okayama, Japan.

RNN is a consortium of several religious volunteer groups located in Okayama prefecture. Representatives of a number of faiths including Konkokyo, Shingon Buddhism, Catholicism, Tendai Buddhism and Kurozumikyo joined the service.

Around one hundred people gathered and prayed for over 25,000 victims of the earthquake and for the recovery of the affected area. During the service, each religious group performed rituals according to their traditions. Rev. Haruo Takebe, President of Konkokyo Peace Activity Center (KPAC), and Rev. Takeshi Sugimoto, Executive Director of KPAC, conducted a Konkokyo ceremony.

At the same time, in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi prefecture, (one of the most severely affected areas), Rev. Naofumi Inoue, Head Minister of Konkokyo Ishinomaki Church, held a memorial service at the Kashimamiko Shrine with several reverends from other denominations present. Rev. Shinsaku Nanao, Director of the Konkokyo Tohoku Administrative Center also attended the service.

People from the disaster affected area and Okayama united their hearts as one to offer prayers.