David Chart

As of yesterday, I have visited Shirahata Hachiman Daijin to pay my respects every day for 365 days without missing a single one. Just thought… Read More »A Year of Daily Visits

Last Sunday, I went to Kinkazan Koganëyama Jinja, in Miyagi Prefecture, for a formal prayer. This is a jinja that I have visited every year… Read More »Ebisu Matsuri

The home of Amaterasu Ōmikami and many other kami in Shinto myth is Takamagahara, or possibly Takamanohara. In Japanese, it is written with three characters,… Read More »Takamagahara or Takamanohara?

I have written a few articles on this blog about the important court case that is currently causing problems for Jinja Honchō. In brief, a… Read More »Result of the Appeal

Hyper Japan is an annual festival of Japanese culture held in London, although the pandemic rather limited it this year and last. One of the… Read More »Virtual Jinja Visit

The September 20th issue of Jinja Shinpō had an interesting article on cashless offerings on its back page, written by the deputy chief priest of… Read More »Cashless Offerings Revisited