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Beside the Spirits of Illness

As I mentioned in my previous post, Personal Announcement, I found myself facing three different illnesses within just two and a half months

Ignorance breeds confusion and invites folly. Yet ignorance in times long past was not merely foolish.

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Personal Announcement

Thank you very much for visiting inabana.jp as always. I am terribly sorry for the long silence. I would like to share what has happened ove

An update on the site administrator’s health, and information regarding the future of inabana.jp.

KABUKI

When speaking about Japan’s traditional performing arts, three forms are indispensable: Nō, Kyōgen, and Kabuki. Each of these arts has a his

A unique form of traditional performing arts: Nō, Kyōgen and Kabuki.

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Commuter train, 1980

＊ I’m still recovering, so please allow me to share a short article this time. In 1980 — forty‑six years ago — this was the appearance of a

An old soldier who was still hanging on in a corner of the city 46 years ago.

#japanese_life

The Birthplace of Tosa Washi

The Niyodo River – One of Japan’s Purest Streams Flowing diagonally across central Kōchi Prefecture from the north-west to the south-east, t

Traditional Japanese paper was born in a land where mystical clear streams flow.

#japanese_traditional

JiHanki

They are scattered throughout many street corners in Japan. While their numbers inevitably decrease in regional areas compared to cities, yo

The box standing on the street corner has a meaning beyond its function of selling goods.

#japanese culture

Could a Temple Bell Ever Be First Class?

In the first part, prompted by the phrase ‘Say nothing, ask nothing’, we introduced Shugendō, a religious ascetic system transmitted in Japa

The incredible miracle wrought by a ragged-looking travelling old man.

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Say nothing, ask nothing

“Say nothing, ask nothing” These are profoundly meaningful and weighty words. Yet they seem diametrically opposed to the modern world’s tend

Words that seem to run counter to contemporary trends actually hold profound significance.

#Japanese_faith

Adding "O" to everything

It is pronounced as a short, clipped “O”. It is not pronounced as “oh”. However, it is sometimes used interchangeably with “Go” or “On”. Alt

The particularly baffling usage of polite language within Japanese, which is itself considered difficult.

#japanese_life

The pros and cons of Japanese Toilets

Every country has characteristics and customs that are unique to it. Similarly, Japan has also seen unique cultural developments that might

Too much is as bad as too little.

#japanese_life

Korokke

23 October 1868 may well be considered the date marking an immense social transformation for Japan. From this day forth, Japan entered the M

The dishes imported during Japan's period of great transformation eventually became national fare.

#japanese_food

The tranquil shrine deep within the Land of Fire

The Kyushu region, situated in southern Japan, comprises seven prefectures. The name Kyushu, meaning ‘nine provinces’, no longer accurately

The dynamic mountain of the land of fire and the tranquil shrine beside them.

#japanese_geography #japanese_shrine

Is it blue or green?

The apple in the photograph looks wonderfully fresh and delicious. By the way, what colour does this apple appear to you? What do you call a

Is the Japanese sense of colour a little unusual?

#japanese_customs

totally stuck! The Japanese Yōkai

Following on from last time, I’d like to continue introducing Japanese Yōkai. Rather than the cool ones like Ireland’s “Dullahan” or the “Gr

It's all in your head. There's no such thing as a Yōkai..?

#japanese_folklore #japanese_Yōkai

Rokuro Neck The Japanese Yōkai

I previously wrote an article about mermaids in Japan. Legends of mermaids exist in various countries and cultures around the world, includi

A neck stretching two or three metres long, a face smiling eerily. What on earth is this?

#japanese folktale

Ee & Warui

This article will explore the Japanese people and their language, which are often described by foreigners as “not speaking clearly”. Whilst

Why don't Japanese people speak plainly?

#japanese_customs

The Snow Man and the Snow Country Man vol.3

Now then, over the past three instalments we have traced the circumstances leading up to the publication of Suzuki Bokushi’s work 「Hokuetsu

The fascinating contents of a local history book that became a bestseller 180 years ago.

#japanese_history #japanese_folktale

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