Elgen Onishi talks about what he hopes to accomplish through interfaith dialogue and what he would like to focus on with interfaith dialogue.
Elgen Onishi explains that he would like to focus on more real actual activities such as volunteer work in order to help people. He believes that the topics of focus of the Kiyomizu-der Temple in interfaith dialogue should be simple. For example, living together, or how we can form friendships. Elgen Onishi would like his impact to be focused on creating true friendships through coming together and sharing a moment rather than the topic of discussion itself.
 

Keiichi Akagawa speaks about his first interfaith experience and an interfaith experience that had a particular impact on him.
Keiichi Akagawa’s first interfaith experience dates back almost thirty years ago when he was working at the Religions for Peace office in Geneva, Switzerland. He was impacted by the people of different faiths whom he met while working there which caused him to develop a respectful attitude towards the faiths he was exposed to. Keiichi Akagawa recalls a youth interreligious dialogue summer camp in France that had a particular impact on him where he learned that people of different faiths can live together despite their differences and that respectfulness starts with listening.