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  • Jesus Christ! (He lived in Aomori). Really?
    August 11th, 2009By drifter
    An active conspiracy theory that rivals the revelations of the Da Vinci Code awaits visitors to the sleepy village of Shingo, between Hachinohe and Towada Lake in Aomori Prefecture. Every year in June, a ceremony unlike any other in Japan awakens Shingo (called “Herai” in times long ago) and women in kimono dance around » Continue Reading
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  • The necessity of critical thinking in Martial Arts
    August 11th, 2009By Guillaume Erard
    As a scientist, I have often encountered teachers who considered the epistemological approach as an aberration in the study of a Budo, sometimes even like an insult directed towards their work or their own persona. Today, I would like to discuss the benefits there are in studying a Japanese martial » Continue Reading
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  • The Reincarnated Jesus Christ in Japan
    July 30th, 2009By Roxy
    “I hope you will come. The temple is such a wonderful place and there are so many nice people there. All your stress will go away if you visit there,” my friend Akiko said to me one day, as we were eating lunch together. Akiko was my language-exchange partner and we often studied together » Continue Reading
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  • Why Japan? Why Not?
    March 9th, 2009By vonDehnVisuals
    There are too many reasons one might choose to travel to Japan to name just one.  The earliest history of Japanese people dates as far back as upper Palaeolithic times with archaeologists estimating its earliest immigrants inhabiting the islands of Japan as early as 12,000 BC.  While some may choose to » Continue Reading
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