Edo This Japanese Island Still Fears a 300-Year-Old Curse Involving Seven Monks
【The Island of Exile and Mystery】Roughly 300 kilometers south of mainland Japan lies Hachijo Island—a remote volcanic ou...
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Japanese History Healing Prayers in Osaka, Japan: Ishikiri Shrine and Its Fortune-Telling Street
From Tumor Cures to Cancer Prayers: Ishikiri Shrine, a Spiritual Power Spot in Eastern OsakaIshikiri Tsurugiya Shrine, c...
Edo Japan’s First Beauty Icons: How Art and Strategy Made Three Ordinary Women Famous
In today’s world, beauty is promoted through mass media—TV, magazines, and social media influencers. But in 18th-century...
Edo The Tragic Fate of Osayo: A Young Girl Sold to the Pleasure Quarters in Edo-Era Japan
In a quiet corner of Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture, stands a humble mound known as Osayo-zuka.This memorial was built in...
Azuchi-Momoyama Why Was Oda Nobunaga So Powerful? The Hidden Key Was His Mastery of Information
IntroductionIn the chaotic Sengoku period, a warlord's survival depended entirely on their own abilities.Prosperity in t...
Japanese History Are There Five Times More Shrines Than Convenience Stores in Japan? Exploring the Number, Classification, and 12 Major Lineages of Japanese Shrines
Japan is home to over 80,000 Shinto shrines—far surpassing the approximately 54,000 convenience stores nationwide as of ...