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  • urufuls at 12:53 PM JST - 27th November

    Christians in Japan of the 15th/16th centuries, especially the Catholics, are directly related to this country closing its borders and expelling all communication with the outside world, which absolutely led to narrow-mindedness and suspicion of foreigners we still see today in Japan.

    They are only related by what happened in…

    Posted in Japanese Christian martyrs to be beatified at 12:53 PM JST - 27th November

  • urufuls at 04:22 AM JST - 27th November

    OssanAmerica - while not everybody blames America for the bombings, many people do. Including many Japanese. I have heard from the mouths of many Japanese. In fact, there was a mock-trial by a lawyer in Japan that put the now dead US generals and then Truman administration on trial and…

    Posted in A-bomb survivor gets thank-you note from Pelosi at 04:22 AM JST - 27th November

  • urufuls at 11:52 AM JST - 24th November

    Similarities between Shintoism and Judaism are likely to be coincidences

    Ah so, I thought so too. Then I did a little bit of leg work, and found in that article that the similarities go far beyond just outward appearances like a 6 pointed star. There are some Shinto rites and…

    Posted in Japanese Christian martyrs to be beatified at 11:52 AM JST - 24th November

  • urufuls at 04:58 AM JST - 24th November

    realist-

    I know of those similarities too　and it sparked an interest.
    I found this scholarly paper on the net done by an exchange student in Japan a few years ago that depicted some of what the Christians went through and what this Japan Today article is mentioning.

    http://www.iie.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/center/activities/japanese/pdf/2003report.pdf

    You have…

    Posted in Japanese Christian martyrs to be beatified at 04:58 AM JST - 24th November

  • urufuls at 01:28 PM JST - 23rd November

    oo, this discussion is getting heated.

    I didn't know that Aso was a Christian. Keeping that information out of politics is probably the best thing to do.

    I've been to a few of the sites where persecution of the Jesuit followers occurred. It's pretty humbling.

    Now to get back to…

    Posted in Japanese Christian martyrs to be beatified at 01:28 PM JST - 23rd November

  • urufuls at 02:22 PM JST - 26th October

    All right, time to pack the Luis Vuitton Paris store!

    Posted in Japan, France agree on direct Haneda-Paris flights at 02:22 PM JST - 26th October

  • urufuls at 02:20 PM JST - 26th October

    I was wondering why the plane food he gave me made me even hungrier after eating it.

    Posted in Thai flight attendant nabbed for marijuana smuggling at 02:20 PM JST - 26th October

  • urufuls at 02:13 PM JST - 26th October

    I wasn't aware that there was a Thanks giving day celebrated in Japan.

    At least it's not a turkey or a mashed potato donut.

    Some people might ask for a rum donut without the donut.

    Posted in White rum-soaked raisin donut at 02:13 PM JST - 26th October

  • urufuls at 08:55 AM JST - 20th October

    Isn't it an expressive way of saying "love" in American Sign Language?

    Posted in Musician Daigo an Y85 million man for a day at 08:55 AM JST - 20th October

  • urufuls at 01:23 PM JST - 17th October

    The worst insult to sukiyaki.......

    Posted in Natto with sukiyaki sauce at 01:23 PM JST - 17th October

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