Aokigahara Jukai : Discovering the story of the land through the forest.
Ancient beliefs and ways of thinking are preserved within rituals.Even if we have forgotten the original meaning behind each movement or word, the “form” remains. By looking closely at these forms, we can catch a glimpse of how people in the past viewed nature and life itself.I’d like to share some thoughts from my recent …
Leaving Rausu, I headed south along the coastline towards the Notsuke Peninsula. On the sea, I spotted harlequin ducks, while Steller’s sea eagles and white-tailed eagles lined the shore. This peninsula, one of Japan’s largest sandspits, appears on the map as a fragile, slender thread of land jutting into the ocean. Driving further in, the …
Continue reading “An End is a Beginning: The Vanishing Land”
I recently travelled to Rausu and the Notsuke Peninsula in Hokkaido. When I first visited Shiretoko in winter about five years ago, I was simply overwhelmed by the sight of the Sea of Okhotsk covered in drift ice. At that time, I didn’t give much thought to its ecological role or the creatures living there. …
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