Today it was the turn of Kamigamo Shrine in Kyoto to celebrate the autumn moon, though it’s already visibly waning. It’s a new festival, only started recently, and doesn’t have anything like the full programme and traditional atmosphere of … Read the rest
Tonight was full moon in Kyoto – the fullest of the year, in fact. The September moon has long been an object of special attention in Japan, and the moon-viewing parties of the past were a time for … Read the rest
Shinto and the State 1868-1988
Helen Hardacre Princeton University Press, 1989
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… Read the rest‘Nowhere else in modern history do we find so pronounced an example of state sponsorship of a religion – in some respects the state can be said to
Influential anime maker and manga artist Miyazaki Hayao is to retire. His latest film The Wind Rises was released in July and the director has announced that it will be his final feature-length film. An appreciation of his career can … Read the rest
Following the disastrous results of recent elections in Japan, which saw a large majority for a nationalistic, pro-nuclear LDP, there have been few brave enough to speak out against the direction the country is taking. The right-wing agenda of government … Read the rest
An article in the Bangkok Post by Phil Cunningham shows the dilemma that Shinto faces, as well as Japan as a whole, by fcussing on two influential figures – finance minister Taro Aso and celebrated anime maker, Hayao Miyazaki.
Taro … Read the rest
Green Shinto previously had a piece on the danger to the last street view of Mt Fuji in Tokyo – Nippori Fushimizaka. Now we have had a letter asking for international support for the citizens’ group trying to save the … Read the rest
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