Love Me. Marry me,” reads one plaque signed by TXQ, addressed to “Mr Right” and left at Kyoto’s Jishu Jinja shrine, which is dedicated to Okuninushi-no-mikoto, the Japanese god of matchmaking.

When entering the chapel, visitors are required to take off their shoes, adhering to Japanese custom. The church's history dates back to 1909, when American missionary Alexander Hail began his ...