Gedatsukai

In 1929, he was believed to have had a divine revelation, urging him to further his religious exploration; Okano founded Gedatsu-kai later that year.

[8] Ine Kenyu Kiyota was a student of Seiken Okano, and was given the mission to spread Gedatsu-kai to the United States.

Kiyota refused to pledge loyalty to the United States in protest of the internment, and was sent to the Tule Lake Camp.

Kiyota spent her time in Tule Lake practicing Gedatsu-kai, and spreading the teachings of Seiken Okano.

Upon being released from Tule Lake, Kiyota founded the first branch of the Gedatsu Church of America in San Francisco.

In 1950, Kishida moved to the United States, passing church operations to individual congregations in the Tokyo area.

In 1961, the original San Francisco branch of the church dissolved, and the American headquarters moved to Los Angeles.

[11] The ultimate objective of Gedatsu-kai is for its sincere practitioners to achieve spiritual enlightenment, and to free one from negative karma.

The central object of worship within the church is the Universal Life Force, sometimes referred simply in English as God.

[12] The church holds multiple festivals annually to celebrate and appreciate the blessings they receive from ancestors and guardian spirits.