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Adventures in Kansai and Beyond

Yomotsu Hirasaka, Path to the Japanese Underworld　

If you will remember from our mythology series, Izanami died giving birth to the god of fire. Grief-stricken by the loss

Suga Shrine is a little off the beaten path. Suga Shrine Japan’s First Capital The bus ride is not terribly

Finally! After all that mythology, we are finally ready to go to Izumo! This is a place we have really

Okuninushi no Mikoto is essentially the Japanese god of civilization. Though he is the god of many other things, such

Rather than a stand alone myth, this story instead is a continuation of the events in the Rabbit of Inaba.

Continuing our segment on Japanese mythology, we arrive at another popular story, the Rabbit of Inaba. Most people in Japan

One of the most epic myths in the Kojiki is the Legend of Yamata no Orochi. The climax of this

Today in our Japanese mythology series we will cover one of the most important myths in Japanese mythology, Ama no