Sake rice wine is gaining popularity all over the world.
However, people don't know about an association between Sake and Shinto as Japanese national worship.
Sake is made from rice, local spring water, Koji-mold yeast and brewing time.
Important thing is rice.
Japanese rice is condensed sacred energy of the Sun and land.
Sticky rice cake, Mochi is also sacred food of Japan.
In ritual of Shinto shrine, priests dedicate Sake and local foods to nature gods who protect the area.
Local people sometimes have a small party of local foods after Shinto ritual.
Because human need to be thankful to nature and nature gods who give food to us.
Dedicated Sake to invisible existences is called Omiki or Houken-shu.
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Some people put Sake on home shrine, Kamidana, but it is not necessary indeed.
Because a water bowl and a pair of plants are the most important in home Kamidana ritual.
Don't put extra things on your Kamidana.
That green ball is called Sugi-dama.(Other interesting photos)
Sugi-dama is made of leaves of Japanese cedar wood.
You can find these items in front of Japanese traditional sake breweries.
New fresh green ball means a final process of sake brewing.
Beginning of squeezing and refining.
Withered brown color Sugi-dama means a mature period of sake rice wine.
In Japan, there is an unique fact about Sake brewing or other fermented foods.
If people have a quarrel near the Sake barrel or foods, the fermentation process doesn't go well.
This fact is not a superstition.
As you know,our feeling, thinking and moods depend on bacteria that lives in inside the intestine.
Our regular thinking comes from bacteria of intestine not from brain.
Mental health depends on intestinal flora too.
To keep good bacteria in our body, we have to eat fermented foods.
Processed foods kills good bacteria.
Processed foods kills good bacteria.
But interestingly enough, we are able to increase good bacteria if we have positive thinking.
Even we can't eat fermented foods.
Even we can't eat fermented foods.
There is a relationship between good thinking and good bacteria.
I mean you can change the amount of bacteria without fermented foods.
Eating fermented food and thinking positive things will become your perfect immunity.
Human's life is deeply connected with bacteria or slime molds.
Many people still don't know about these importance.
Japanese Shinto shrine is for nature worship.
It is also for bacteria and slime molds of nature.
A forest (macro viewpoint) = Big bacteria group (micro viewpoint)
A forest (macro viewpoint) = Big bacteria group (micro viewpoint)
Human's pregnancy depends on invisible bacteria and intervention by nature gods.
So if you have healthy body and live in nature-full place, you can get pregnant easily.
Current people still don't know the system.
⇒ Ubusuna & Ujigami / Pregnancy / Nature worship
Some people think that human is not necessary on the Earth.
Because human destroy nature, but this 7th stage of the Earth is not for animal.
Because human destroy nature, but this 7th stage of the Earth is not for animal.
You need to know about human's spiritual goal.
⇒ Great 19 people / Final destination of rebirth system / Black hair and eyes
Most animals were interim figure to create human.
⇒ Great 19 people / Final destination of rebirth system / Black hair and eyes
Most animals were interim figure to create human.
God created human because God wanted to see himself.
Minakata Kumagusu (1867-1941)
He was a great Japanese author and naturalist.
Famous, super scientist about slime molds.
He seriously protected forests in Japan and Shinto shrines because he already knew about the importance.
And he knew about relationship between pregnancy rate and good bacteria.
In ancient time, Japanese people built countless simple shrines as a place for nature worship.
The places were "next" to old tabooed places that local nature gods live in quiet.
The places were "next" to old tabooed places that local nature gods live in quiet.
Shrine is a good energy-collection-box of people's grateful pray and the property includes green place around off-limits zone.
So, most quiet places have been protected by shrines and the properties.
Nature gods use the power for protecting around their home.
If they find Kamidana-home-shrine in each household, they can visit and guard there too.
There are more than 85,000 shrines in Japan.
The number not includes small no-name shrines called Hokora.
And there are countless home shrine, Kamidana.
Top of all the shrine is Grand shrine of ISE in Mie prefecture.
The whole net of nature worship are for Japan protection.
So, most quiet places have been protected by shrines and the properties.
Nature gods use the power for protecting around their home.
If they find Kamidana-home-shrine in each household, they can visit and guard there too.
There are more than 85,000 shrines in Japan.
The number not includes small no-name shrines called Hokora.
And there are countless home shrine, Kamidana.
Top of all the shrine is Grand shrine of ISE in Mie prefecture.
The whole net of nature worship are for Japan protection.
Summary
People in the world are able to cherish and protect nature without shrine architectures,
but Japan keep shrines forever. Why?
1, Because Japanese have been keeping an ancient forced agreement.
but Japan keep shrines forever. Why?
1, Because Japanese have been keeping an ancient forced agreement.
2, Because people are apt to forget about environmental protection.
If Japanese don't have Shinto shrines, future generations especially foreign people will ruin nature easily.
3, Because Shinto shrines are good boxes to preserve gratitude energy/feelings.
Local nature gods use the condensed thankful power that visitor give.
People live in peace without a critical disaster
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People visit a local shrine and dedicate gratitude to local nature gods
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Local nature gods get power from people to protect the area
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People live in peace and endless prosperity
The never ending cycle is Shinto.
Please think and cherish your neighborhood nature and nature gods.
They always protect your area without thank from people.
Only Japan has nature worship to dedicate thank regularly.
Kamidana,home shrine for nature gods around you.
The table is not only for Japanese but also for people who can understand
what support and protect behind your back.
The table is not only for Japanese but also for people who can understand
what support and protect behind your back.
Minakata Kumagusu said that
the first life was made from slime molds.(By someone's will = God)
And slime molds came from the space.
the first life was made from slime molds.(By someone's will = God)
And slime molds came from the space.