The ‘Power Spot’ boom in Japan has been going for some years now in Japan and shows no sign of abating. It involves travel to places with special energy, many of which are Shinto shrines. You’ll often see queues … Read the rest
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Tenkawa is a notable shrine in Nara Prefecture, which has long had an association with the performing arts and has recently won a reputation also as a ‘power spot’ with a strong sense of spiritual energy. The information below … Read the rest
Bilingual Australian, Kara Yamaguchi, who does tours of Japan’s power spots, has updated her blog and has some stimulating new information as well as stunning photos… Check it out:
http://sacredgatewaysofjapan.blogspot.jp/
Below is an extract from an interview on her … Read the rest
Interest in ley lines, earth mysteries and energy spots has been evident in the West ever since the 1960s, and hundreds of thousands of people are drawn each year to ancient megaliths like Stonehenge and Avebury. Japan too is rich … Read the rest
Sanctifying sacred space is a key element in Shinto. The sense of the numinous is evident in its shrines and sacred rocks. Most of the ‘power spots’ which have won popularity in recent times relate to Shinto.
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Black-tailed gulls at Kabushima Shrine in Hachinohe
The Japan Times recently carried a report about Aomori ‘power spots’. The boom has now come to the attention of prefectural authorities, who are eager to milk it for its potential in boosting … Read the rest
Ley lines
In 1921 an amateur archaeologist named Alfred Watkins noticed on a map that various ancient monuments and spiritual places were aligned in a straight line. He spent the following years researching the phenomenon of what he termed ley … Read the rest