{"id":5600,"date":"2013-02-22T15:20:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T14:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/?p=5600"},"modified":"2025-07-12T21:58:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T20:58:47","slug":"meija-shrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2013\/meija-shrine\/","title":{"rendered":"Meija shrine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I saw a massive swathe of people walking along a pathway in Tokyo, so I followed them. After a slow 30 min walk, I ended up at the Meija shrine. The interesting thing wasn&#8217;t the shrine itself, but the incredible behaviour of the crowd. Thousands of people all walked in beautiful unison along the path, with no pushing or attempts to cut in line. 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