Mount Houdatsu / Moses park in Ishikawa prefecture / History of ancient Hebrews in Japan

Picture provided by Houdatsu shimizu town Mount Houdatsu Houdatsu means "treasure arrives" Moses died around the mounta…

Oni / Japanese traditional concept / Gojinjyo Taiko Ritual movie

This red man is a typical image of Oni . Many people are misunderstanding about Oni.. Is oni an angry monster?  NO. Oni is one of…

Yamabushi and Tengu / Japanese ascetic hermits of Buddhism / Hebrew history in Japan

Photo by wikipedia Yamabushi is known as Japanese unique Buddhist. They are training in mountains and nature.(A kind of mountain…

Mount Moriya in Nagano,Japan / Holy Bible / Moriah hill of Jerusalem

Sacred Mount Moriya in Nagano,Japan. There are one of the oldest Shinto shrines around this mountain. Suwa Taisha shrine  is comp…

National Foundation Day of Japan / Emperor Jimmu / Japanese imperial year 2677

February 11 is  National foundation day of Japan . 2677 years ago ,Japan's first Emperor Jimmu  was enthroned. It is written …

Izumo-Taisha Shrine / Appearance of cloud / Hexagon crest

This sacred huge rope is very famous in  Izumo-Taisha / Izumo Ooyashiro . (出雲 Izumo  / 出 appear and 雲 cloud =  Appearance of clou…

Ancient main shrine of Izumo-Taisha / Three pillars foundation / Sacrifice people

This is a model of ancient main shrine of  Izumo-Taisha . It is said the height was over 48 meters. Current main shrine(24 meters…

Mikoshi and the Ark of covenant / Shinto and Judaism / YAHWEH in Geku

They are carrying Mikoshi. There are more than 85,000 Shinto shrines in Japan. ( ISE grand shrines are the top of shrine group i…