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At Last, a Visit to Onozaki`s Suwa Jinja- to learn its name and ask about its...

 By Avi Landau Just next to the Mcdonald`s outlet on the Tsuchiura-Gakuen Line is Koike`s Suwa Shrine There is a curious little Shinto Shrine which sits a few hundred meters from the TX Tsukuba...

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Feeding Hungry Ghosts- Late August is the season for SEGAKI (施餓鬼) Services in...

  Buddhist priests feeding GAKI as depicted in a 12th picture scroll called the GAKI SO-SHI. Similar ceremonies (without visible GAKI!) are held at the end of August each year in Japan. I usually...

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Discovering Another Prayer Wheel (輪廻車、後生車) in the Tsukuba-Tsuchiura Area

By Avi Landau I cycled by this low, inconspicuous, stone pillar, standing by the roadside in the middle of nowhere (on the border between the Yasaku and Shishizuka  in Tsuchiura) – but instead of...

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Higashioka’s Fudo-Ko: A Meeting With The Unmoveable One

By Avi Landau   It was the 27th, and July is an odd numbered month (the 7th), so I knew where I could find Mrs. Okamino. I built up the determination to step out of my house and into the throbbing...

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In Japan, August is a month of REMEMBERANCE

Keiji Nakazawa`s HADASHI NO GEN (Barefoot Gen) By Avi Landau   It is in August , when Japan is most ALIVE ,with the droning of cicadas, the wild expansion of  vegetation, and with the air itself...

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The Amida Hall in Kasuge, Tsuchiura (粕毛の阿弥陀堂) – and the story of the...

  The Amida Hall in Kasuge, Tsuchiura , rebuilt in 1760, is an Important Cultural Property of the city. It houses an ancient image of Amida which is said to have been rescued from anti-Buddhist vandals...

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The Last Straw? Yoshiro Yaguchi Keeps Unique O-Bon Traditions Alive in...

A tray for offerings (O-Zen) made from Makomo grass by Yaguchi-San on Aug. 12th   By Avi Landau   Traditionally, the summer O-Bon Festival, in which Japanese families celebrate the return of  the...

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Praying For Good Tobacco Harvests at Mt. Kabasan`s Kiseru Matsuri (きせる祭)- The...

Japan`s largest KISERU ( traditional pipe- of South-East Asian origin) is filled with tobacco, lit,  carried while still billowing smoke, up Mt. Kaba to the Tobacco Shrine- notice the pump inserted...

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Jundo Cohen’s Long Anticipated Work on Zen Master Dōgen Comes Out to Rave...

The Zen Master’s Dance – A Guide to Understanding Dōgen And Who You Are in The Universe by Zen teacher (and long time Tsukuba resident) Jundo Cohen The Zen Master’s Dance makes some of Zen’s subtlest...

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The Bamboo Shade is Lifted Once a Year- on January 28th – Revealing the 12th...

  For 364 days a year (365 in leap years) the cliff carving looks like this- covered with a bamboo shade On January 28th each year the curtain is removed- and while a new one is being made, the...

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