This is a continuation of the interview with Alena Yushu Eckelmann. (For Part One click here.)
4) What does a typical spiritual tour consist of? Where could readers find out more, such as the price of tours and the … Read the rest
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Alena Yushu Eckelmann – ‘Kii Monogatari‘
1) You are a guide in Wakayama Prefecture which contains the UNESCO World Heritage trails of Kumano Kodo. How long have you been there, and how … Read the rest
Something to look forward in the New Year when the pandemic is over – a chance to be a miko
- Casey Baseel Japan Today Dec 20, 2017
Chief priest cites popularity of miko heroine in anime hit Your Name for … Read the rest
6) What difference do you see between practicing Shinto outside Japan compared to Shinto within Japan?
The biggest difference is definitely having the great numbers of foreign followers/attendees. Serving overseas automatically requires an English ability as well as the … Read the rest
Up now on youtube is a ten minute video by Hasegawa Izumi, head priest of the Shusse Inari Shrine in America, in which she gives a reading of the Oharae no kotoba. It is the first of a projected 14 … Read the rest
Tsukinami-sai is held at shrines at the beginning of each month. Beginnings are important in Shinto as a means of renewal, and as a marker of this the ceremony offers purification to start the new month afresh.
For English-language speakers, … Read the rest
Today is the summer solstice in Japan, known as geshi. A time for celebration, surely. But as Green Shinto friend, Megan Manson, has pointed out in this article… Read the rest