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Tokyo's No Fear of Flying Temple
Edit Huffington Post 14 Apr 2016
Smooth skies with this guy at your side! Photo by Gail Nakada ... The only way to travel for most people in feudal Japan was on their own two feet ... Photo by Gail Nakada ... Located near Asaksua and just around the corner from popular Otori Jinja Shinto shrine ... This street dead ends right at Otori Jinja shrine. Instead of going to the shrine, turn left and walk to the next light ... Read more about it and other lucky shrines on Huff Post here. Hours....
Tainan - a Chinese city that celebrates its Japanese colonial past
Edit South China Morning Post 14 Apr 2016
As Kumiko Nakagawa walks through the front door of the department store, four staff members bow and say in unison " Irasshaimase". "It feels just like home," says the tourist, with a smile ... The building's rooftop Shinto shrine has been restored and the restaurant offers "Showa spaghetti", an ordinary dish named after an extraordinary character. the wartime emperor ... "They include two shrines in the countryside ... ....
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Receives Mikoshi Shrine From Association of Shinto Shrines in Japan (Brooklyn Botanic Garden)
Edit Public Technologies 13 Apr 2016
Mikoshi presentation at Brooklyn Botanic Garden with Association of Shinto Shrines in Japan ... is honored to announce that it has received a gift of a mikoshi-a portable shrine-from the Association of Shinto Shrines in Japan (Jinja Honcho), on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of BBG's iconic Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden....
Your Complete Spring 2016 Anime Guide
Edit Kotaku 12 Apr 2016
You can feel it. Flowers are blooming, bees are buzzing, and spring is in the air. Oh, and there’s a new season of anime. Here’s a look at what to watch and where to watch it. As we do year after year and season after season, here is Kotaku’s latest anime guide, the Spring 2016 edition ... In case you missed it, here is our last guide for the beginning of 2016. Ace Attorney. Studio ... A young Shinto shrine maiden’s best friend is a talking bear ... ....
Hiroshima, home of Mazda, oysters, trolleys and the Carp
Edit The Associated Press 11 Apr 2016
Here are five things to know about the western Japanese city of 1.2 million people, other than the bomb. ---. MAZDA ... ---. THE CARP ... ---. SHRINE ISLAND. Miyajima, which means "shrine island," is widely recognized as one of Japan's three most scenic sites. Dating back to the 6th century, it is home to the Itsukushima Shinto shrine, part of which appears to be floating in the sea during high tide ... ---. OYSTERS ... ---. TROLLEYS ... --- ... ....
5 things to know about Hiroshima other than the atomic bomb
Edit The Associated Press 11 Apr 2016
Here are five things to know about the western Japanese city of 1.2 million people, other than the bomb. ---. MAZDA ... ---. THE CARP ... ---. SHRINE ISLAND. Miyajima, which means "shrine island," is widely recognized as one of Japan's three most scenic sites. Dating back to the 6th century, it is home to the Itsukushima Shinto shrine, part of which appears to be floating in the sea during high tide ... ---. OYSTERS ... ---. TROLLEYS ... --- ... ....
G-7 Meeting in Hiroshima: 5 Things to Know
Edit Voa News 10 Apr 2016
The foreign ministers' meeting is the first of 10 ministerial meetings including finance, energy, environment and agriculture, held across the country ahead of the G-7 leader's summit on May 26-27 in the coastal city of Shima in central Japan, near Ise, home to a Shinto shrine known as the nation's most sacred with links to the emperor....
Suwa Shrine in Kobe, Japan
Edit Huffington Post 08 Apr 2016
Torii. A traditional Japanese gate serving as the entrance to a Shinto shrine or any Japanese Buddhist temples ... Torii. Leading to several steps that lead up to the shrine complex ... Suwa Shrine in Kobe, Japan ... The ritual to undertake for a prayer at a shrine, goes as follows ... View of Kobe from atop the Suwa Shrine complex ... Another shrine in Suwayama Park ... ....
Food: Japanese monks put Buddhism on the menu
Edit Asia Times 08 Apr 2016
(From Reuters) ... Its name, Tera Cafe, is a another hint – Tera is Japanese for temple ... The menu confirms this is something different ... Famously areligious, many Japanese observe rituals from different traditions, perhaps going for a church wedding and worshipping at a Shinto shrine at the New Year. Buddhism is associated with funerals ... Read More....
Why A Tokyo Cafe Run By Monks Is Putting Buddhism On The Menu
Edit Huffington Post 08 Apr 2016
The hum of conversation and the clinking of spoons and coffee cups fills the wood-panelled cafe in a fashionable Tokyo neighborhood as more than a dozen customers sip drinks and nibble desserts ... Its name, Tera Cafe, is a another hint - Tera is Japanese for temple ... Famously areligious, many Japanese observe rituals from different traditions, perhaps going for a church wedding and worshipping at a Shinto shrine at the New Year ... ....
Tokyo cafe puts Buddhism on the menu
Edit Khaleej Times 07 Apr 2016
The hum of conversation and the clinking of spoons and coffee cups fills the wood-panelled cafe in a fashionable Tokyo neighbourhood as more than a dozen customers sip drinks and nibble desserts ... Its name, Tera Cafe, is a another hint - Tera is Japanese for temple ... Famously areligious, many Japanese observe rituals from different traditions, perhaps going for a church wedding and worshipping at a Shinto shrine at the New Year ... ....
See What You Missed At This Year's Penis Festival (NSFW Photos)
Edit Huffington Post 04 Apr 2016
Revelers in the streets paraded peen-shaped Shinto shrines called "mikoshi," emphasizing the spiritual roots of the schlong-a-thon ... In the 17th century, a 1-meter "Steel Phallus" was reportedly erected by a local blacksmith that honored Shinto deities of fertility and childbirth ... shrine, told AFP....
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