Shinto opportunity in the City of Angels coming up!
Little Tokyo in Los Angeles celebrates New Year’s Day with an Oshogatasu Festival. Live entertainment, stalls, Japanese food, mochi-making, taiko, kendo – and a Shinto priestess with sacred items on … Read the rest
‘Of all Shinkoku [land of the gods] the most holy ground is the land of Izumo.’
So wrote Hearn in the early days of his infatuation with Japan when he was resident in Matsue and an unabashed admirer of the … Read the rest
It’s kamiari time in Izumo, when all the gods of Japan (except Ebisu) gather for their annual meeting in Shimane. How appropriate then that Green Shinto should carry a piece about Shimane.
2012 marked 1300 years since the publication of … Read the rest
At 1,729 meters, Daisen rises as the tallest mountain in western Japan. It’s in Tottori Prefecture, on the way to the Izumo province of ancient myth. In the winter, the area transforms into the Okudaisen ski resort, drawing ski fans … Read the rest
My attention was caught recently by an article in the conservative leaning Daily Yomiuri by a Japanese professor at Waseda University. It asked the question about when the Japanese became Japanese. The answer he gave, interestingly, is constructed by myth.… Read the rest
The Shimane area, boasting the impressive Izumo Taisha, is undoubtedly one of the most attractive and mythological parts of Japan. Much of its appeal is its remoteness, and access is not easy from the main parts of Japan. An article … Read the rest
News that is sure to deepen the reputation of Izumo Taisha as a place to pray for ‘love connections’ (enmusubi). Tourism to one of Japan’s most alluring shrines will certainly be furthered too by the fact that the … Read the rest
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