The great scholar and eccentric, Richard Ponsonby Fane, was an interwar resident of Kyoto who turned himself into the foremost Shinto expert of his day – and that includes Japanese! It’s a remarkable achievement, all the more so when
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Sacred island in disaster-hit Miyagi becomes idyllic climb spot
By Maaahiko Ishikawa, Asahi Staff Writer, August 14, 2017
ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture–A mountain hit by landslides due to 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster is fast becoming a “holy place” for climbers … Read the rest
Green Shinto has written before of the remarkable preeminent Shinto scholar, Richard Ponsonby-Fane (1878-1937), an English aristocrat who made Kyoto his home in the prewar years and wrote extensive volumes about Kyoto and shrine histories. It’s said he knew more … Read the rest
Interview with Akiko Murakami of Nara YAMATO Spiritual Tours
- How and when did you get the idea for your Spirit Tours?
It is a good question, simple question, but very difficult to answer simply. It is almost like my entire … Read the rest
Last November, thanks to Christopher Mayo, Green Shinto carried news of a study programme taking place at Kogakkan University this year in Feb-March. Now I’m delighted to say that one of our readers has posted news that not only is … Read the rest
The following extract is taken from a longer article carried by Bloomberg News
by Isabel Reynolds
About 41 percent of Japan’s shrines are in danger of disappearing along with the rural
Sadly for a ‘nature religion’ Shinto does not have a proud record in terms of animal rights. There has been no campaigning on the issue, and no notable record of opposing animal cruelty. Quite the opposite in fact, as previous … Read the rest