{"id":138104,"date":"2020-12-24T09:27:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T00:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=138104&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2020-12-24T09:27:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T00:27:41","slug":"jal-employees-to-temporarily-work-as-shrine-maidens","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/jal-employees-to-temporarily-work-as-shrine-maidens\/","title":{"rendered":"JAL Employees To Temporarily Work As Shrine Maidens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thirty-one JAL employees who work at Fukuoka Airport will serve as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">miko<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> maidens of Munakata Taisha Shrine during the first eleven days of 2021. While the shrine traditionally increases the number of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">miko<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during the new year holidays to welcome many seasonal visitors, fewer women applied for the job for 2021 to avoid meeting with many people. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/region\/news\/201221\/rgn2012210005-n1.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sankei<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/articles\/ASNDP66C4NDPTIPE016.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asahi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=6095713&amp;ymd=2020-12-21\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-138105\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/munakatataisha-jal.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/munakatataisha-jal.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/munakatataisha-jal.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/munakatataisha-jal.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/munakatataisha-jal.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Disclaimer<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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