Hexagram on Sukyo Mahikari Main World Shrine in Takayama, Gifu, Japan (Their recently constructed King Solomon's Temple). Sukyo Mahikari is a Japanese New Religion based on the writings of Mr Yoshikazu Okada (1901-1974) who founded the Mahikari organization in 1959 . Mahikari is the Japanese word for True Light. Size of Group is about 2,000,000.Picture is courtesy of "orclimber" who published it on Flickr.
According to the following Encyclopedia of Shinto entry, the nominal membership of the Sukyo Mahikari group is approx. 490,000 these days...and falling:
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