Mie gov’t rejects cannabis cultivation request for Shinto rituals
The Mie prefectural government said Friday it has rejected a request from a group of shrines to cultivate cannabis for hemp “shimenawa” rope used for
Category: Oddities (Page 3 of 6)
Self-build Shinto Shrine / Kikuma Watanabe
Photographs Courtesy of Kikuma Watanabe
From the architect:
This is the self-built temporary Shinto shrine in a depopulated village in the mountainous area of Kochi in Japan. For over 200 years the village used … Read the rest
It’s not usual to enshrine animals in Japan, and I’m uncertain whether the enshrinement mentioned below was carried out by a Shinto priest or not, but it’s certainly captured the imagination of the nation. Interestingly, the name of the cat … Read the rest
An amazing youtube video has just come out showing the effect of the legendary bronze mirror delivered by China to shaman queen Himiko (c.250 AD). It shows the stunning effect of light reflected on the mirror, which not only produces … Read the rest
This is Part Two of an interview with Dean Brodrick, who ran a 1980s gagaku group in London. (For Part One, click here.)
4) What venues did you play at, and how was the reaction?
I think we played … Read the rest
1) A gagaku orchestra in 1980s Britain seems most unlikely. Can you tell us how that came about?
During the 1980s I was collaborating with musicians from diverse backgrounds, many of whom I had met through association with the LMC … Read the rest
Green Shinto friend Ted Taylor has provided a link to a website with an account of a former practice that I had read about but did not know the details … On the surface it seems not dissimilar to some … Read the rest