Yuri Chekalin

Yuri Chekalin15.12.2021

In Shinto, the term jinja is used for a shrine, or more literally the dwelling place of Kami. Many people probably have a mental picture of a building whenever they think of a Shinto shrine. It is said that we now have 80,000 such buildings in Japan, of which 6,000 have resident kannushi (Shinto masters).Out […]

Yuri Chekalin19.11.2021

In Shinto, heaven, earth, and humanity are different manifestations of one life energy. In recent years there has been much talk of climate change and the disastrous consequences of human impact on the environment. We are constantly urged to limit our consumption of fossil fuels and live more respectfully with nature. This practical task of […]

Yuri Chekalin19.07.2020

Many Japanese visit Shinto shrines for devotional purposes and yet have their funerals held at Buddhist temples. In recent years, Christian-style weddings have become fashionable, making the situation even more complicated. Many Western observers find Japanese spiritual practices hard to disentangle and so are tempted to dismiss Japanese spirituality as convoluted and confused. In their […]

Yuri Chekalin15.06.2020

Ancient Japanese have expressed the world after death in various ways. Beyond death, one is said to go to the following variously expressed realms: the eternal land, or the land of root (tokoyonokuni, or nenokuni) the hidden world (astral world) (kakuriyo) the land of the dead (Hades) (yominokuni) the mountain, where the dead become guardian […]

Yuri Chekalin04.06.2020

During the period of transition from this world to the other world of Yukai, the hidden world of subtle energy, the spirit-soul is at its most vulnerable. It can be likened to a delicate butterfly, at the moment of emergence from its chrysalis. Therefore, there are spirits of Kami entrusted with the task of protecting […]

Yuri Chekalin29.05.2020

Starting today, a new blog “CommentaTHOR” has been launched. It will be devoted to politics and humor. Here is our constant category of Satire & Humor. Enjoy: The Most Respected Hypocrites Social Features of Taste We invite everyone to participate in the creation of this magazine and to send us your articles. Articles are not […]

Yuri Chekalin22.05.2020

After World War II, Japan imported all kinds of ideas from America. One of them was that “a bread diet is better for health.” At that time, it was widely advertised that eating rice makes people stupid. Here is what the Japanese scholars then claimed, supported even by the Japanese government: “The nature of those […]

Yuri Chekalin19.05.2020

Yuri Bakhurin’s book, The Front and Rear of the Great War, is a true World War I encyclopedia. In it, the reader will find for himself a lot of informative and fascinating. How did the soldiers eat (even with the scheme of the design of a pack kitchen), what did they drink, what did they […]

Yuri Chekalin17.05.2020

There is one anime that you can be sure every single person in Japan knows, young and old alike, and that everyone has seen at least one episode. It’s inescapable but still largely unknown outside Japan. It is called Sazae-san. Although not many Western fans of anime and manga know about Sazae-san, but you should. The series […]

Yuri Chekalin14.05.2020

Sukiyaki is a type of hot pot dish known for its sweet and salty flavor, seasoned with shoyu, sugar, and mirin. In addition to thin slices of beef, common ingredients for sukiyaki include naganegi (Japanese leek), shungiku green, shiitake, tofu, and shirataki noodles. In general, the meat for sukiyaki is sliced slightly thicker than that […]

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No need for a “building”

Caring for the spirit of nature

Why Do Kannushi Not Perform the Funeral at the Shinto Shrine?

Ancient Views of the World After Death

The Spirits Protect the Dead During the Transition to the Astral World

New Blog About Politics and Humor

Does rice make people stupid?

Review of Yuri Bahurin’s Book “The Front and Rear of the Great War”

Sazae-san and Humor in Japan

Sukiyaki: a Japanese One Pot Meal

Rasputin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Maria Rasputin

Priestesses of Love

August 17

Japanese Communism: A Century of Revolution, Underground Struggle, and Parliamentary Politics