Mononoke Forest, Yakushima Island, Japan
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Gazu Hyakki Yakō (画図百鬼夜行?, “The Illustrated Night Parade of A Hundred Demons”)
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Onibaba (1964)
Onibaba (1964)
30 day song challenge
Day 29 - a song from your childhood
The Sailor moon theme song hahahha
Oh yeah, true story: when I was a kid I sang this in a toy store and my mom got embarrassed
I still watch this show, yep. Although now I prefer the Japanese version
Aokigahara
Aokigahara
The Complete Manual of Suicide (完全自殺マニュアル, Kanzen Jisatsu Manyuaru, lit. Complete Suicide Manual) is a Japanese book written by Wataru Tsurumi. It was first published on July 4, 1993 and sold more than one million copies. This 198 page book provides explicit descriptions and analysis on a wide range of suicide methods such as overdosing, hanging, jumping, and carbon monoxide poisoning. It is not a suicide manual for the terminally ill. There is no preference shown for painless or dignified ways of ending one’s life. The book provides matter-of-fact assessment of each method in terms of the pain it causes, effort of preparation required, the appearance of the body and lethality.
Since the book was intended to be a manual, the author did not spend too much space on discussing the reasons and philosophy behind suicide. Although he does rhetorically pose the question “Why must one live?” Wataru simply lays out the methods of suicide one by one and then analyzes each of them in detail.
He covers 11 categories of suicide methods:
- Overdosing
- Hanging
- Self-defenestration
- Slashing the wrist and carotid artery
- Car collision
- Gas Poisoning
- Electrocution
- Drowning
- Self-immolation
- Freezing
- Miscellaneous
Each chapter begins with a graph assessing the method in question in terms of: the pain it causes, effort of preparation required, the appearance of the body, the disturbance it may cause for others and its deadliness. Each of these matters is also rated by skulls, with 5 skulls indicating the highest rating.
On a side note, many people have committed suicide in Aokigahara because of this book, as the book calls Aokigahara ‘the perfect place to die.’
Aokigahara (青木ヶ原), also known as the Sea of Trees (樹海, Jukai), is a 35 km2 forest that lies at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan. The forest contains a number of rocky, icy caverns, a few of which are popular tourist destinations.
The forest, which has a historic association with demons in Japanese mythology, is a popular place for suicides; in 2002, 78 bodies were found, despite numerous signs, in Japanese and English, urging people to reconsider their actions.
Due to the wind-blocking density of the trees, and an absence of wildlife, the forest is known for being eerily quiet.
The forest floor consists primarily of volcanic rock and is difficult to penetrate with hand tools such as picks or shovels. There are also a variety of unofficial trails that are used semi-regularly for the annual “body hunt” done by local volunteers, who mark their search areas with plastic tape. The plastic tape is never removed, so a great deal of it litters the first kilometer of the forest, past the designated trails leading to tourist attractions such as the Ice Cave and Wind Cave. After the first kilometer into Aokigahara towards Mount Fuji, the forest is in a much more pristine state, with little to no litter and few obvious signs of human contact.
I’m currently watching some Iron Chef
The Japanese version of course!
The horrible dubbing just makes it even better
In this episode, the chefs have to create dishes with POTATOES. This episode also sees the second ever female chef face one of the Iron Chefs.
Oh and for the record, Chairman Kaga is one of the most dramatic people I’ve seen….I mean, look at his outfit and listen to how he emphasizes everything! That being said, I think he’s awesome
Nagasaki, 65 years ago… before and after the bombing.
40,000 people killed instantly.
The sins of our fathers.
jzp:
CANDLELIT HUTS: A visitor took photos of the candlelit miniature Kamakura, or snow huts, on Monday during the Kamakura Snow Festival in Japan. In the 400-year-old folk event, local children offer sweet sake and grilled rice cakes to visitors as they invite them into the snow huts to worship the god of water at an alter carved inside.(Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images)
