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Happy Easter from a house with subtle floral themes.. šŸŒŗ

What Iā€™m reading,
Nov & Dec 2024:

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Another Park Feeling

December 23, 2023
Tags: Japan, nation, shinto, park, tree, city

The Inner Garden

December 23, 2023
Tags: Japan, garden, shinto, park

A Charter for Individualism

December 22, 2023
Tags: Japan, individualism, government, nation, modernity

The Modern Emperor

December 22, 2023
Tags: Japan, shrine, story, history, modernity, sign

Husband and Wife Trees

December 22, 2023
Tags: Japan, tree, sign, sacred space, shrine, marriage

Could Someone Convert to Shintoism?

December 21, 2023
Tags: Japan, shinto, conversion, religion, civil religion

Explaining How to Pray

December 20, 2023
Tags: Japan, ritual, TikTok, globalization

Quiet Please, No Photos

December 20, 2023

Leaving Behind a Prayer

December 19, 2023
Tags: Japan, shinto, religion, ritual, prayer, shrine

Civil Religion as Actual Religion

December 19, 2023
Tags: Japan, shinto, shrine, civil religion, tourism, people, tokyo

Wood and Empire

December 18, 2023
Tags: Japan, material, nation, world war 2, shrine

A Grand Wooden Shrine

December 18, 2023
Tags: Japan, shrine, sacred space, nation, people, material, world war 2

Keeping the Way Clean

December 15, 2023
Tags: Japan, trash, shrine, sacred space, identity

On Heartless Deeds

December 14, 2023
Tags: Japan, sacred space, security, graffiti, sign, tokyo

Chrysanthemums on the Torii

December 13, 2023
Tags: Japan, shrine, sacred space, nation, symbols, flower
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