The Ichigaya Kamegaoka shrine in Tokyo on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. A traditional Japanese festival is being adapted for poodles and Pomeranians, amid a booming pet industry and a dearth of children. (Kentaro Takahashi/The New York Times) By LISA FRIEDMAN and MAXINE JOSELOW The worshippers, dressed in kimonos and bespoke belts, took their places inside a sacred Shinto shrine. One by one, they received blessings from a priest and listened obediently to ancient chants. Then they began to bark. It...