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Posts Tagged 'Japan'
Japan’s Famous Black Ramen [video]
Published June 26, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Black Ramen, cooking, food, gourmet, Japan, Noodles, Taiki’s ramen, Toyama, video
Farming Mozuku – Japan’s Seaweed Delicacy [video]
Published May 24, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: cooking, delicacy, food, gourmet, Japan, Mozuku, Okinawa, seaweed, Tadashi Oshiro, underwater, video
Explore ‘Battleship Island’ – Japan’s Decaying Ghost Town [video]
Published May 4, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Abandoned, Battleship Island, Hashima Island, history, Japan, tour, travel, urban decay, video
Prairie Dogs Eating Carrots, That Is All [video]
Published January 11, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Animal, awww, carrots, Fukuoka, Japan, Prairie dogs, Uminonakamichi Seaside Park, video, wildlife
Maple Leaf Tempura – Only In Japan [video]
Published January 8, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: cooking, gastronomy, gourmet, Japan, Maple leaf tempura, momiji, Setsuko Hisakuni, video
Homemade Meal From A Vending Machine [video]
Published November 22, 2017 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Awa-shi, cooking, curry rice, fast food, gastronomy, gourmet, Japan, Tadashi Yoshimoto, vending machine, video
Sokushinbutsu – Buddhist Self-Mummification
Published September 26, 2017 Uncategorized 1 CommentTags: Asceticism, Buddhist monks, enlightenment, Japan, jhana, meditation, Mummification, mummy, preservation, Sokushinbutsu, wtf, Yamagata
Wikipedia explains Sokushinbutsu –
Sokushinbutsu (即身仏) refers to a practice of Buddhist monks observing Asceticism to the point of death and entering mummification while alive.[1] This process of self-mummification was mainly practiced in Yamagata in Northern Japan between the 11th and 19th century, by members of the Japanese Vajrayana school of Buddhism called Shingon (“True Word”). The practitioners of sokushinbutsu did not view this practice as an act of suicide, but rather as a form of further enlightenment.[2]
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