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The Fun-Filled Fertility Festival (with nothing left to the imagination)- HEISANBO – in Kasumigaura City`s Ushiwata
4 May, 2021
By Avi Landau
The women who plays OKAME ( Heisanbo`s wife) is all dressed up and ready to go
Ritual impregnation as a prayer for abundant crops and human fertility (conception) at the Heisanbo Festival
There are many, who based on their readings of certain books, or visits to Japan which include taking in: the Noh theater , a tea ceremony, or a meal at an exclusive KAISEKI (traditional haute-cuisine) restaurant, are under the impression that Japanese traditional culture is all refinement, elegance, and understatement. The unspoken word, the pregnant silence, the subtle gesture, the elusive symbolism…………
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A Local Perspective on Life in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
The Kashima Shrine in Ushiwata (Kasumigaura City) sits upon a hill which is actually an ancient shell-mound (KAIZUKA- a garbage dump of sorts for the area`s prehistoric inhabitants)- the ground is literally strew with shell and pottery shards, with some placed as offerings at this small hall
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