Akiko Dec 13, 20212 minCreation: Ritual of Spirit Possession This article is totally not about Japanese religious events but about the creation of new rituals. This year I got the luck to teach a...
Akiko Nov 27, 20212 minSong of a fox: sumarī pūkosanThe tonkori is a string instrument of Ainu. Here, you can listen to the performance of Shirakawa Yaeko, an Ainu woman playing a piece...
Akiko Sep 11, 20211 minMysterious Priest and Her TalismansSo many traditional customs had been still practiced in my childhood. My grandmother knew the meanings of plants, and people had minded...
Akiko Apr 10, 20212 minProcession by men dressed as womenA book entitled Tensai kara Nihonshi wo Yominaosu, Rereading Japanese history through natural disasters, written by Dr. Isoda Michifumi,...