Inter-religious understanding does not come from just one conference or one ritual event. It comes from personal relationships lasting over years or decades with followers of many faiths.

Over the years Oomoto representatives have hosted in Kameoka and Ayabe - or visited in their home countries - numerous persons involved in interfaith activities: religious leaders, directors of cultural institutions and museums, academics, artists, and writers. The faces appearing on these two pages illustrate only a few of the warm friendship which have developed over time. Oomoto sees them as its "Community of Friends".