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libertyview.bsky.social
Fair enough.

But, is there enough hellfire and brimstone nonsense in Japan that they needed this law? Is it any part of Shinto or Buddhist teachings?
October 17, 2026 at 5:37 PM
riversidewings.bsky.social
I was asked yesterday what Armenian holidays or yearly observances I observe and you know, I don't think I observe any because they're so tied up with Christianity. My observances are mostly Japanese because of my religious affiliation with Shrine Shinto.
October 17, 2026 at 3:36 PM
kncbooks.bsky.social
I had to look this up:

"A torii is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of, or within, a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the mundane to the sacred, and a spot where kami are welcomed and thought to travel through."
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roger1952.bsky.social The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 22h
A traditional Shinto torii gate at an unidentified location in Japan
Visual and Sensory Analysis This vertical landscape photograph portrays a rustic wooden Shinto torii gate standing quietly at the edge of a lush forest clearing. Framed directly above by the sweeping branches of a double-flowered cherry tree (yaezakura) in full pink bloom, the wooden structure features a gently upward-curving top lintel (kasagi) painted in vermilion red. The main pillars (hashira) and crossbeam (nuki) remain unpainted, showcasing natural, weathered timber with small protective rooflets capping the side supports (chigobashira) in the ryōbu-torii architectural style. Dense evergreen trees form a shadowy, emerald-green backdrop behind the threshold, while vibrant green grass carpets the ground in front. In Shinto traditions, the torii acts as a sacred gateway marking the transition between the profane outer world (sei) and the sacred realm (zoku) of the local kami (spirits or deities). The specific design pictured—a ryōbu-torii (or gongen-torii) characterized by four supporting legs at the base—is historically associated with Shugendō and syncretic Shinto-Buddhist worship. The construction reflects a traditional commitment to monozukuri (mastery of traditional timber craftsmanship). Built from natural timber designed to age gracefully alongside the surrounding forest, the gate's joinery demonstrates traditional Japanese carpentry methods (ki-gumi) that allow timber structures to withstand earthquakes and weather without relying on metal nails.
October 17, 2026 at 3:10 PM
zenbreeze.bsky.social
One of my original acrylic paintings on canvas from way back that I had to fit the theme, "Gate to Spring" :-). #BlueSkyArtShow #Walls #zen #seasons #shinto #winter #landscape #moon #snow #fantasy #blueSkyart #japanesegarden #painting
October 17, 2026 at 2:48 PM
unac2.bsky.social
The Shinto ritual dance origin is honestly so beautiful — 1500 years of history and it's still going. Definitely checking that video before November 🥹 (if you get a sec, the pinned post on my page would mean the world to me)
October 17, 2026 at 2:41 PM
tracingthestars.bsky.social
Prepare yourself for the November Basho by learning more about Sumo, or becoming a new fan of this 1500 year old sport that started out as a Shinto ritual dance depicting a wrestling match between the gods. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo9R...
Why You Actually Like Sumo... (but just don't know it yet)
YouTube video by Jackson Harper
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October 17, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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2016 - 2026

Fuck AI 🖕
A drawing of Mettaton, from Undertale, showing his normal and EX forms. Both are under a spotlight. The normal form is on the front. It's a large grey metal box with a wheel underneath to move around. His face is a 4 x 5 screen, displaying an orange heart against a yellow background, and there are four dials under it. He has two arms, ending in white gloves, and he's holding a microphone in his right one. The EX form is right behind the normal. A slim humanoid with a white face, dark hair with a fringe covering the right side of it, a pink chest piece, narrow waist with a heart core, black shoulder pads and segmented arms ending in white gloves. He's floating, with both hands stretch at each side of his body. Behind both of them, you can read the words "OH, YES" A color illustration featuring Yukari Yakumo, from Touhou Project. Yukari is floating in mid air, her legs crossed under her dress, holding her parasol while sitting on one of her trademark gaps, full of eyes and some creepy hands sticking out. The background shows the Hakurei Shrine, a small shinto temple, and a large tree. The whole scene is set during dusk.
October 17, 2026 at 1:26 PM
kotodamaink.bsky.social
[Harae Kotoba | Behind the scenes]
We made the chanting woman no ritual figure but a villager in a pit dwelling, a home dug into the ground and roofed over. No altar, no offerings: she chants toward the morning beyond her open door, in a voice clear and carrying.

#AIMusic #MusicSky #folklore
Harae Kotoba — Kotodama Ink
A Shinto chant of purification, sung with manga-style visuals
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October 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
modean987.bsky.social
📯
Sacred Watch At The Shrine

She does not stand alone. Old vows linger in the air, and something ancient keeps watch beside her. In this place, devotion is answered by protection.

#AIイラスト #AiArt #SynthArt #Niji7.0
October 17, 2026 at 11:56 AM
alvara.bsky.social
Went to a festival at our local Shinto shrine tonight, the second year in a row we managed to attend!

Will be hopping to Korea for another 3 months soon before we're back. Prayed to the local deities that we manage to stay permanently next visit!

Wish us luck! ♡
An open mouth lion statue in a Japanese Shinto shrine aglow with green from the light hitting the trees at night during a festival.
October 17, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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Hachimangu・八幡宮 #八幡宮 #神社 #天龍寺 #京都 #写真
Hachimangu・八幡宮
A small Shinto shrine inside the Tenryuji Temple complex, as the light fades into the night. 天龍寺の境内にある小さな神社だ。薄明かりが夜に溶けていく頃。
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October 17, 2026 at 9:55 AM
japan-in-60.bsky.social
Why is Enoshima Shrine built across an entire island in the sea? Watch to learn how the goddess Benzaiten, a legendary dragon, and a wave-battered rock explain it.

Full story in 60 seconds, on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/3ZBmQufTC1A

#japantravel #shinto #enoshimashrine #japanin60
October 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM
proxima64.bsky.social
Shinto religion is the real truth, life, and way.
October 17, 2026 at 7:36 AM
proxima64.bsky.social
I am Shinto.
October 17, 2026 at 7:31 AM
takosuke2200.bsky.social
多分鎌倉の鶴岡八幡宮かな？
鶴岡八幡宮は確か神社本庁からも離脱しているので、反体制の表明するには良いセレクトだと思います
Perhaps it’s Tsurugaoka Hachimangu in Kamakura?
Since Tsurugaoka Hachimangu has, if I recall correctly, withdrawn from the Association of Shinto Shrines (Jinja Honcho), I think it’s a good choice for expressing an anti-establishment stance
rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 18h
Good morning upholders of democracy! #no
October 17, 2026 at 2:15 AM
mochino1.bsky.social
いっかいふざけちゃったよ～ん。でかぱんだよ～ん
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October 17, 2026 at 1:41 AM
mochino1.bsky.social
さいたましんとしんからあるいてあるよ～。11ぷんはかかるね。でも・・・したの「さいたまとめ」もあるしさ。とうきょう？とうきょうはまあつき1～6かいだって。こうすけさまもつき4かいからへってくるかんじです。こっちくるまのめんきょしょうがないとふべんです。ないけんしてみ？ちょっとえきからとおいから✋おしゃかさま「いま、おかねがないわねぇ。いなかもの？おい！おまえだ！ばかやろう！しゃっきんをかえしてちょうだい！それからね、じもともいうけどいなかにいちしています。えきまでとおいし・・・なんどもいうわ。えきまでとおい。」
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October 17, 2026 at 1:39 AM
rachael-the-hobbit.bsky.social
I think Shinto is exactly it. Shinto has a long tradition of adolescent girls being shamans and mediums. Hearing spirits the way Joan heard the voice of God.
October 16, 2026 at 11:48 PM
rachael-the-hobbit.bsky.social
I wonder why Japanese media likes Joan of Arc so much. You'd think the smoke carried her all the way to Japan where she haunted a shinto shrine or something 😂
October 16, 2026 at 11:47 PM
roger1952.bsky.social
A traditional Shinto torii gate at an unidentified location in Japan
Visual and Sensory Analysis This vertical landscape photograph portrays a rustic wooden Shinto torii gate standing quietly at the edge of a lush forest clearing. Framed directly above by the sweeping branches of a double-flowered cherry tree (yaezakura) in full pink bloom, the wooden structure features a gently upward-curving top lintel (kasagi) painted in vermilion red. The main pillars (hashira) and crossbeam (nuki) remain unpainted, showcasing natural, weathered timber with small protective rooflets capping the side supports (chigobashira) in the ryōbu-torii architectural style. Dense evergreen trees form a shadowy, emerald-green backdrop behind the threshold, while vibrant green grass carpets the ground in front. In Shinto traditions, the torii acts as a sacred gateway marking the transition between the profane outer world (sei) and the sacred realm (zoku) of the local kami (spirits or deities). The specific design pictured—a ryōbu-torii (or gongen-torii) characterized by four supporting legs at the base—is historically associated with Shugendō and syncretic Shinto-Buddhist worship. The construction reflects a traditional commitment to monozukuri (mastery of traditional timber craftsmanship). Built from natural timber designed to age gracefully alongside the surrounding forest, the gate's joinery demonstrates traditional Japanese carpentry methods (ki-gumi) that allow timber structures to withstand earthquakes and weather without relying on metal nails.
October 16, 2026 at 7:32 PM
mavibluecatte.bsky.social
Exhibit A why I show a lot more love to Norse faith (known as Asatro---most folks dont know it has a name), Shinto, and Wicca.
mrsbettybowers.bsky.social Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d
"Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over men; rather, she is to remain quiet." 1 Timothy 2:11–12
October 16, 2026 at 7:07 PM
woefl.bsky.social
I feel like kinkame's feelings about the obsidian mirrors(pun intended) a kind of colonial impulse in a very interesting way. o_o trying to digest the Other through your own belief system, the temple's apparently inviolable intentions standing in for the church's salvation, etc
text from Tlaloc Theophany: But it was foolish of her. For she could only find it through getting a glimpse into that of which she lacked. Of course a mirror of pure black would be the only source of that. Absorbing everything into it, it becomes nothing, and the two worlds become one... She never felt this way around Shinto mirrors, even if it was the same principle. Perbaps she couldn't help but let her Kinkame blood get the best of her. It's not enough to be satisfied with the treasures they have. They must acquire even more. Not out of any vain material greed. As long as they're under the temple, it can never be that. No, it's to save the very treasures themselves. Absolve them from their corrupting influence on the world, and expose them for the true value they hold.
October 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
server-destroyer.iqhina.org.ap.brid.gy
원문은 여기에 있어요.
原文はこちらにあります。
https://www.persee.fr/doc/asie_0766-1177_2006_num_16_1_1260
Medieval Shintō as a Form of 'Japanese Hinduism': An Attempt at Understanding Early Medieval Shintō - Persée
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October 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
michaeljjohnson.bsky.social
Wicca celebrates the divine feminine

Shinto features Amaterasu, the sun goddess, central figure of the pantheon, contrasting with systems led by primary male deities

Here in the Southwest, the Hopi women hold profound social, economic, & spiritual authority.

Kevin’s brawn is not his brain.
October 16, 2026 at 4:31 PM
meganmanson.bsky.social
This sounds like a fantastic opportunity in Cambridge to get in touch with Shinto traditions!

panoramajournal.org/event/global...
GLOBAL CULTURES: ISE CITY: SOUL OF JAPAN - A CULTURAL WORKSHOP AND LECTURE 10 NOV 2026 | Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature
We’re delighted to host a special visit from Ise City, known for the Ise Shrine—a complex of Shinto shrines. Every 20 years, the old shrines are rebuilt on an adjacent plot—a project of renewal and to help keep traditional skills alive. Ahead of the next rebuild in 2027, we will be receiving AWANISHI Masahiko to introduce Okihiki culture and lead a workshop for creating the Zai used in Okihiki ceremonies.
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October 16, 2026 at 4:30 PM