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COVID-19 Countermeasures at Koyasan for New Year’s Posted On Paper omikuji are placed in front of Koyasan Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo. This year Koyasan has designated January as New Year’s Month. (MARIO GERSHOM REYES/Rafu Shimpo) By BISHOP YUJI MATSUMOTO, Koyasan Beikoku Betsuin of Los Angeles Due to the influence of COVID-19, the annual New Year’s services have been forced to change. Every year, many worshipers visit Koyasan Buddhist Temple for the first three days of the new year, and they request hamaya (lucky arrows) and omikuji (fortunes). However, since the temple will ...

FROM THE DESK OF THE SUPERINTENDENT Over the past nine months, guidance from health and medical professionals has evolved as we have learned more about COVID-19. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), in conjunction with the Center for Disease Control (CDC), recently issued revised guidelines related to quarantine requirements for individuals who have been identified as "close contacts". There are now shorter quarantine options for those individuals if certain conditions are met. Subscribe The Milton Board of Health has confirmed that they are currently using the new CDC guidel...