Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art opens next week at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Ten years in the making, this exhibition — on view only in Cleveland — features a selection of rare works designated by the … Read the rest
Category: Kyushu (Page 3 of 5)
Before heading for the interview with Sakai-gami, respected yuta of northern Oshima, I went in search of the mythical origins of the island culture. According to brochures, there’s a hill with a monument celebrating the myth of Amanchi and the … Read the rest
There’s a 25 minute video of kagura at Takachiho in Kyushu put out by NHK World, available for viewing over the coming year.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/special/episode/201902212330/
… Read the rest“KAGURA is a Shinto ritual to thank the gods for a bountiful harvest. Performances are held
World Heritage Shinto shrines
In 2012 for a Tuttle book, published two years later as Japan’s World Heritage Sites, I travelled the length of Japan visiting all of the Unesco sites. Along the way I was intrigued by the number … Read the rest
Gunkanjima (Battleship Island) is a remarkable place. It is located about 20 kilometres from Nagasaki, and the small island served as a coal mine from the late nineteenth century onwards. Amazingly at its peak it housed more than 5000 people … Read the rest
If Shinto is a religion of awe, as Joseph Campbell said, then it is not surprising that the hot springs and volcanic activity in Japan should have inspired an acute awareness of the power of nature. Bubbling waters of 100C … Read the rest
Biggest Camphor Tree carries Samurai Spirit
The Yomiuri Shimbun. November 04, 2017 By Kazuhiro Katayama
AIRA, Kagoshima —
Do you know how large Japan’s biggest tree is, and where it stands?
The largest circumference for a Japanese tree is 24.22