How The Wild Boar Became Divine
Boars are not an animal one would expect to find guarding a Shinto shrine. The story of how wild boars became divine guardians is an obscure and interesting one.| More Than Tokyo
In a new exhibition, kintsugi gives new life, holds potential for healing. The post Vancouver Artist Naoko Fukumaru Finds Beauty in What Is Broken appeared first on MONTECRISTO.| MONTECRISTO
Across the world, each season paints the landscape with its own mood and meaning. In Europe, we often connect the seasons not only with changing colors and shifting atmospheres, but even with music. Who hasn’t tried to guess which melody in Antonio Vivaldi’s magnificent The Four […]| Arigato Travel
Boars are not an animal one would expect to find guarding a Shinto shrine. The story of how wild boars became divine guardians is an obscure and interesting one.| More Than Tokyo
An excerpt from Eike Exner's book Manga: A New History of Japanese Comics, which tells their story from the 19th century to the present day.| Yale University Press
A conversation with graphic narrative historian Eike Exner about his book, Manga: A New History of Japanese Comics| Yale University Press
Anyone who has visited a Shinto shrine in Japan has surely seen a collection of ema, or prayer tablets, containing the various prayers or thanksgivings| More Than Tokyo
Jizo (also written Jizō) is a bodhisattva, that is, one who achieves enlightenment but postpones Buddhahood in order to help others.| More Than Tokyo
The lucrative Kitamaebune trade was a vital conduit for commerce and cultural exchange from Kyoto and Osaka to Hokkaido from the mid-18th to 19th centuries.| More Than Tokyo
Shinto was born from the Japanese people's instinctive awe and respect toward the power, beauty, and ravages of nature and gratitude for its bounty.| More Than Tokyo
