Pilgrimages to Ise Jingu had begun to flourish since Edo times. Ise Jingu priests were said to perform Shinto music, dances, and rituals to cast away oharai (evil spirits) for the travelers who ...
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Walk Japan’s ancient travellers’ highway for historic post towns, teahouses and mountain shrines
Beneath my feet, the dark stone slabs of the Nakasendo road are worn and mossy. Travellers have trod this path for over 400 years, a thought that gives me goosebumps - or perhaps that’s just the icy ...
The researchers analyzed snippets of DNA left in the centuries-old tartar buildup. Courtesy of PLOS One, Rikai Sawafuji Researchers in Japan have taken a close look at the tartar on centuries-old ...
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