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i feel strange posting my fanfics on my LJ but here's one
few things you gotta know ( Read more... ) -
i feel strange posting my fanfics on my LJ but here's one
few things you gotta know ( Read more... ) -
kappa
To keep from being drowned by a water demon, you're supposed to make an offering of a cucumber with your name and the names of those you love carved on it so the kappa knows who not to drown/eat/whatever.Kappa are japanese water spirits that have a penchant for drowning people. They are excellent grapplers and have a indentation on the top of their ( Read more... ) -
tengu
tengu took the form of a yamabushi and faithfully served the abbot of a Zen monastery until the man guessed his attendant's true form. The tengu's wings and huge nose then reappeared. The tengu requested a piece of wisdom from his master and left, but he continued, unseen, to provide the monastery with miraculous aid ( Read more... ) -
underwater kingdom
the fisherman saves a turtle from some little kids ( Read more... ) -
botan doro
On the first night of Obon, a beautiful woman and a young girl holding a peony lantern stroll by the house of the widowed samurai Ogiwara Shinnojo. Ogiwara is instantly smitten with the woman, named Otsuyu, and vows an eternal relationship. From that night onward, the woman and the girl visit at dusk, always leaving before dawn. An elderly neighbor ( Read more... ) -
yuurei
According to Shinto beliefs, all people are endowed with a spirit or a soul, called reikon. When a person dies, the reikon leaves the body and joins the souls of its ancestors, provided the correct funeral and post-funeral rites have been performed. Ancestral souls are a comforting presence; they are believed to protect the family, and are welcomed ( Read more... ) -
Zashiki-warashi
The name breaks down to zashiki, a tatami floored room, and warashi, an archaic regional term for a child. The appearance of this spirit is that of a 5 or 6 year child with bobbed hair and a red face. The child could be either male or female, though recently the zashiki-warashi are often depicted as girls. Zashiki-warashi can be found in well- ( Read more... ) -
momotaro
momotaro ( Read more... ) -
japanese history facts
random fact 01
Criminals were tattooed with a ring around their wrists for each offense committed. It was the official punishment imposed by the Japanese government between 1720-1870 until it was abolished