In the past five years, due to the rise in tourism there have been tremendous changes in Japan’s traditional culture. Aspects of the culture that were insular and hard for foreigners to fathom are increasingly opening up and advertising in … Read the rest
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Green Shinto supporter Jann Williams has for the past four years been researching the association of Elements with Japan – this includes the physical elements, the Chinese Five Elements, as well as the elements used by Buddhist sects. You can … Read the rest
The shaman is a figure of authority who is not only guardian of the clan history but a master of ritual, healing and divination. This derives from the ability to communicate with ancestral spirits, which preside over descendants, sometimes acting … Read the rest
Jobs battle environment on sacred but scarred Mount Buko
BY ALEX MARTIN. NOV 21, 2017 Japan
Green Shinto is very much in favour of the recent trend towards spiritual tourism, whereby travel overseas is coupled with a desire to enhance spirituality through transforming experiences. Ancient pilgrimage routes are one way in which this can be done, … Read the rest
The excellent Core Kyoto series produced by NHK World (which broadcasts in English for overseas) has produced a fine item about Kyoto’s Mt Atago and the pilgrimage for the fire deity which takes place on July 31.
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A stupendous ghost!
Looking eastward from the great bridge over those sharply beautiful mountains, green and blue, which tooth the horizon, I see a glorious spectre towering to the sky. Its base is effaced by far mists: out of