Please make more of this videos like this one that focus on Japanese traditions, myths, history, mentality and culture. It would be a perfect complement to your other videos.
I was so engrossed in your story that I didn't even notice where you were until you talk about it at the end! What a beautiful place and such an interesting story. To think of spirit children suffering in this way though absolutely breaks my heart, the demons should suffer for making parents suffer for doing this to their beloved children lol. Thanks again Quinlan for a wonderful video!
Themes such as Japanese traditions, myths and history are so fascinating, really worth the attention. Great addition to your hiking videos. Thank you for informative video, amazing content!
@@GoNorthJapan Yes please! Especially stories and myths about buddhism. I feel like I just now a little about it eventhough I'm really deep into anything Japan related. Shinto myths and elements are more present in pop culture and even among Japan enthusiasts it seems to get more attention especially on RUclips. I'd would love to learn more about buddhism :)
There was one jizo mini statue only with a head looking praying at a small tree and this statue was at the last rest place near the top of the last bridge of the Shimanami Kaido cycling trail. I was plagued by cramps because I had pushed hard to arrive in time. So this small jizo just looked at the small tree admired it 🤗 and made my day. I took my last break smiled and enjoyed the rest of the ride.
I had heard of Jizo before but hadn't heard the stories of the sleeves or the staff, to ferry the children. Your stories are hopeful and calming. When we finally get to travel to Japan, I hope to bring little red caps for any Jizo shrines I find, to honor the memory of my lost pregnancies.
I grew up being surrounded by jizo everywhere in Japan but have not known the meanigs and other aspects of Jizo till now. Your explanations are very informative as well as soothing as other people suggested. Vravo!
stacking stones is quite popular somehow, sometimes you will go walk about and find stacked stones and i cannot imagine people around here know these stories. I wonder if people just...find joy in it for some reason? It is strange, that you can find it anywhere... anyway, for a long time i had no idea of it's meaning XD you do see the stacked stones in photos often and started associating it with dunno..meditation and stuff XD when a japanese told me the story of the kids at the river i was a bit shocked..it's pretty sad, really... anyway, this was very interessting. I know very little about buddhism and it's always cool to learn :3
Thank you very much for this from a Japanese fan of your works., Jizo is much closer to normal Japanese people’s hearts than other great buddhas. That’s why Jizo is everywhere close to Japanese daily lives.
Always enjoy the content you provide Quinlan👍👍 Be it the scenery on your hike, drone footage, or a educational vlog like this one. I hope to be physically fit enough to take some of those adventures myself when I retire soon.😉
A couple of months ago, I learnt 賽の河原, sai no kawara, is an expression to mean futile, unrewarding, that sort of thing - the context was working for years at a shit job. The explanation was a beach or a riverbed in the underworld where souls of departed children are kept in a kind of limbo. Now I’ve seen your more detailed version of the story, thank you! I like this kind of content:)
I really enjoyed this. I definitely have to visit Morioka. On my last long trip to Japan, I just took the Akita Shinkansen from Akita to Morioka to Akita. A typhoon was coming and my friends in Niigata convinced me to just go from Akita to Niigata and I took that brief side trip. Earlier, on my way north, I went from Ichinoseki directly to Hakata. I missed Morioka and Hachinohe, two places I really want to visit now.
Thank you for enlightening us on this story! Please make more of these! I would love to learn more about this and I'm sure there are many others that would too!
Thank you for giving more information on Jizo, I only knew about the protection of children but not the reason why with the river. I only learnt of the 6 realms recently so this was interesting to gain more info 👍
This was super informative! I had noticed/heard of the six rings, but never knew the significance of them until now! I'd love to see more videos covering Japanese myths and lore, your voice is perfectly suited to recite stories like these 😁
In my small town here in Fukushima prefecture, we have a locally famous jizo that people put red bean paste on his face to bring good luck healing wounds.
@@iwong333 it is to honor a monk who lived in the area who loved red bean paste. He was the one who had the statue made and was loved by the locals. (According to the story)
Would love to see more of these informative/history/culture sessions! I remember seeing hundreds of these statues on my trip and was a little unsure what they were. Very interesting.
Interesting, an ancient Bulgarian tradition is to wear red and white threads on our wrists each year on the 1 March onwards for good health and wellbeing.
Very detailed video. I'm in the US and even saw some sculptures of Jizo being sold in a home decor shop recently; had to explain to my mom who he was (a briefer description than yours, though!) :)
Hi Quinlan, Subarashii video and a most erudite commentary as well. In viewing your video I’m reminded of fond recollections of my childhood spent in Goto-shi, the archipelago off of Kyushu. In a forest clearing close to my grandparent’s home a mysterious ojizō-sama effigy enveiled in a verdant cloak of moss stood sentinel. As a young boy this enigmatic figure fascinated me to no end and occasionally I would place offerings of mikan and mochi at his feet as instructed by my grandmother. I cannot wait to return to Goto-shi. Taihen arigatou gozaimasu for the consistently high level of content your work reflects - we all appreciate it! I eagerly look forward to the next installment. Best, John D.
@@GoNorthJapanO-bāchan’s specific instruction also had me pluck a few leaves of ‘kuma-zasa’ or ‘bear bamboo,’ the dwarf wide-leafed bamboo and use it as a ‘tray’ for the offerings - so idiosyncratically and unmistakably Japanese. 🇯🇵
Saint Jizo is one of my favourites. He cares so much for every living being. Everybody should be inspired to be like Jizo and try and be there for everyone and help somehow to ease suffering and being joy and happiness to people. It is true that not everyone can be helped and be brought to the light of Goodness and love. But through Saint Jizo, God can bring anyone who asks for help into the light. Lord Jizo pray for us 🙏🙏🙏
The style of this video reminds me of the Rare Earth channel, which is very much a good thing. They also had a large amount of videos in Japan, with similar subjects.
Thank you for talking about Jizo sama. I have got a statue in my garden and put incense in front of him frequently. I will stack some rocks as well now that I have learnt more! 😊
I found out half of the meaning from Memoirs of a Geisha (book, not movie) and the other half after watching some Mini Ninjas video game play and looking up more info about them. ^^ And now that you mentioned Jealous Gods, you shone a new light on one of my favourite rock bands' album name (Poets of the Fall - Jealous Gods).
In several Mahayana practices there are actually 10 worlds. The first six are the ones you mentioned in this video, but they are all considered lower realms. The upper four worlds are called: Voice-hearers/learners, Cause-awakened ones/realized one, Bodhisattvas and lastly Buddhas. Another interesting thing to note, is that in some sects like Nichiren and Tendi (possibly Shugendo as well) they believe that the 10 worlds are connected and are not necessarily something you have to cycle through. For example, someone could be born into the realm of hell and still become a Buddha in that lifetime and vise versa. Great video! Wouldn't mind seeing more like this.
Walking in rural Japan it does seem like Jizo is everywhere. I really connect with him and miss seeing him when I come home to the USA. I found it hard to find statues of him to buy in Japan, at least not in a size and price appropriate for a traveler on foot.
I've been seeing the bibs around statues in other videos and I thought those statues were Buddha. Thank you for the explanation, it is really cool to know the real meaning :)
ah! Yeah- I'll see what I can do with that! I'd like to go to a sake brewery and film there, but feel like I should wait for COVID to calm down a bit more before I do... I could always just buy some great local sake and film about it from home though.
@@GoNorthJapan you and some friends and do a tasting that would be fun I am just trying to get Into sake. Then after all the covid stuff in japan calms down Definitely do some sake tours...sorry I forgot about that covid thing.. I work at a distillery in America and I am busy giving tours and having lots a people come in everyday. So I just thought japan was getting back to the norm already
@@821lancevance Well they just called off the sort of quasi-State of Emergency in Iwate, but people are still being super cautious up here and tour type things (and festivals) are all still off... but hopefully soon I can do that. But yeah- could totally find some friends and do a home tasting and explain about some local spots. Might be fun to see if people can do a blind taste test and rank by their favorites and what they think is the most expensive and see if people agree and how it compares to actual prices/types.
Before watching through the entirety of the video I was all too eager to write an enthused comment from an ex history major Japanese POV on what it appeared to me as yet another boilerplate generalisation on the oh-so-exotic-and-sacred Japanese spiritualities which they lionise to no end in the West, but you always deliver quality content 😂
Excellent video. I want more. Suggestion: About the famous portals around Japan, unlike the red and the gray ones. I know some are Shinto and some are Buddhist portals.
That was so interesting, thank you! I have seen them everywhere when I visit Japan and have seen the knitted caps. Do the people who knit these replace them yearly or just when it needs replacing?
Thank you for your video and your energy around the information that you're sharing. I want to ask about the relationship beetween Jizo and Enma, because its believed that Jizo is the "true form" of Enma, the king of hell. do you have any more information about it? thank you!
Very interesting! I remember seeing those statues in Arashiyama as well as the many stacks of rocks. The tour guide said that Buddhism mostly concerns the afterlife while Shinto deals with the everyday life. Is this correct? I'm curious to know about what views Shinto might have on the afterlife? One particular tale sticks out to me with the goddess Izanami going into the underworld and ate the food there, so she couldn't return to the living realm with her husband Izanagi. Very much like the Persephone and Hades myth! Does the Shinto religion believe in reincarnation as well? Thanks so much for making this video!
I think that a devout Buddhist or Buddhist monk would say Buddhism deals with everyday life as well, but for most people, I think it's fairly accurate that Buddhism for the afterlife and Shinto is more for everyday life. I would like to interview a Shinto priest or at least talk with some Shinto authority figures and do a video explaining some of that sometime soon as well! I'll try to fill in more information later!
@@GoNorthJapan That would be absolutely delightful if you could interview a Shinto priest or authority figure! I've often wondered how Shinto and Buddhism blend into daily life in Japan. Thanks for replying!
Please make more of this videos like this one that focus on Japanese traditions, myths, history, mentality and culture. It would be a perfect complement to your other videos.
Thanks, will do!
I'm actually listening to this as a bedtime story... Soothing and educational at the same time
I was so engrossed in your story that I didn't even notice where you were until you talk about it at the end! What a beautiful place and such an interesting story. To think of spirit children suffering in this way though absolutely breaks my heart, the demons should suffer for making parents suffer for doing this to their beloved children lol. Thanks again Quinlan for a wonderful video!
Themes such as Japanese traditions, myths and history are so fascinating, really worth the attention. Great addition to your hiking videos. Thank you for informative video, amazing content!
Thanks! I'll do more of these!
@@GoNorthJapan Yes please! Especially stories and myths about buddhism. I feel like I just now a little about it eventhough I'm really deep into anything Japan related. Shinto myths and elements are more present in pop culture and even among Japan enthusiasts it seems to get more attention especially on RUclips. I'd would love to learn more about buddhism :)
Thank you so much first class info. soon I will die of cancer in the head no doubt I will experience this. From Kasugai
I have a jizo bodhisattva statue I keep since I lost a child to miscarriage. Thank you for the info, very informative beyond what I knew.
There was one jizo mini statue only with a head looking praying at a small tree and this statue was at the last rest place near the top of the last bridge of the Shimanami Kaido cycling trail. I was plagued by cramps because I had pushed hard to arrive in time. So this small jizo just looked at the small tree admired it 🤗 and made my day. I took my last break smiled and enjoyed the rest of the ride.
I had heard of Jizo before but hadn't heard the stories of the sleeves or the staff, to ferry the children. Your stories are hopeful and calming. When we finally get to travel to Japan, I hope to bring little red caps for any Jizo shrines I find, to honor the memory of my lost pregnancies.
Interesting. Thank you. 😯😯😯😯😯👍👍👍👍👍👍
I grew up being surrounded by jizo everywhere in Japan but have not known the meanigs and other aspects of Jizo till now. Your explanations are very informative as well as soothing as other people suggested. Vravo!
stacking stones is quite popular somehow, sometimes you will go walk about and find stacked stones and i cannot imagine people around here know these stories. I wonder if people just...find joy in it for some reason? It is strange, that you can find it anywhere...
anyway, for a long time i had no idea of it's meaning XD you do see the stacked stones in photos often and started associating it with dunno..meditation and stuff XD when a japanese told me the story of the kids at the river i was a bit shocked..it's pretty sad, really...
anyway, this was very interessting. I know very little about buddhism and it's always cool to learn :3
I never new this. Thank you for explaining in so much detail!
Thank you very much for this from a Japanese fan of your works., Jizo is much closer to normal Japanese people’s hearts than other great buddhas. That’s why Jizo is everywhere close to Japanese daily lives.
Wow, that was such a lovely video! I am a Buddhist and l think you are quite a good story teller. Can’t wait to see more of these. Thank you.
Always enjoy the content you provide Quinlan👍👍 Be it the scenery on your hike, drone footage, or a educational vlog like this one. I hope to be physically fit enough to take some of those adventures myself when I retire soon.😉
Love this! Very interesting and informative
More of these kinds of videos, please! This was so interesting! :)
A couple of months ago, I learnt 賽の河原, sai no kawara, is an expression to mean futile, unrewarding, that sort of thing - the context was working for years at a shit job. The explanation was a beach or a riverbed in the underworld where souls of departed children are kept in a kind of limbo. Now I’ve seen your more detailed version of the story, thank you! I like this kind of content:)
I love your videos that deal with Japanese Buddhism. Thank you!
Glad to hear that!
Thanks for the history lesson on Jiso. I saw them everywhere when I was traveling around Japan but didn't really dive in much about their origin.
I really enjoyed this. I definitely have to visit Morioka. On my last long trip to Japan, I just took the Akita Shinkansen from Akita to Morioka to Akita. A typhoon was coming and my friends in Niigata convinced me to just go from Akita to Niigata and I took that brief side trip. Earlier, on my way north, I went from Ichinoseki directly to Hakata. I missed Morioka and Hachinohe, two places I really want to visit now.
Very interesting. I would love to watch more videos in this format : )
Thank you for enlightening us on this story! Please make more of these! I would love to learn more about this and I'm sure there are many others that would too!
Definitely more videos like this! I always enjoy getting to learn more about Japan.
Thank you for giving more information on Jizo, I only knew about the protection of children but not the reason why with the river. I only learnt of the 6 realms recently so this was interesting to gain more info 👍
More than the theme, your storytelling is really interesting and nice.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Thank you so much!! Really helps!
That was so interesting. Thank you.
Terrifically interesting, Quinlan! Olga and I enjoy these cultural lessons very much!
This was super informative! I had noticed/heard of the six rings, but never knew the significance of them until now! I'd love to see more videos covering Japanese myths and lore, your voice is perfectly suited to recite stories like these 😁
Green is the color of the day ! Great video
In my small town here in Fukushima prefecture, we have a locally famous jizo that people put red bean paste on his face to bring good luck healing wounds.
Really, why do they put red bean paste and not just washing or cleaning or rubbing it?
@@iwong333 it is to honor a monk who lived in the area who loved red bean paste. He was the one who had the statue made and was loved by the locals. (According to the story)
Wow, interesting!
This is something I always wanted to learn about but never had the time to look it up. This was a fantastic video, so thank you for making it.
I really appreciate the range of your videos. I always look forward to viewing your content. Thank you for the attention to detail in this video.
Thank you
Would love to see more of these informative/history/culture sessions! I remember seeing hundreds of these statues on my trip and was a little unsure what they were. Very interesting.
Oh! I remember seeing those - glad to get some history about them!
Thank you, very informative 👍👍👍
Would be great if you make a video about traditional festivals
Once they start doing the festivals again I'll definitely be on that!
Danke!
Thank you sooooo much! Very much appreciate your help!
Yes a mix of more traditional and hiking videos please and thank you.
What a beautiful video! I would surely love to see more videos about japanese and buddhist mythology.
I love seeing them in the snow
Interesting, an ancient Bulgarian tradition is to wear red and white threads on our wrists each year on the 1 March onwards for good health and wellbeing.
Interesting!
This was wonderful! More like this, please!
Love this! Educational and enjoyable. Thank you!
Very detailed video. I'm in the US and even saw some sculptures of Jizo being sold in a home decor shop recently; had to explain to my mom who he was (a briefer description than yours, though!) :)
I love these videos. Thanks for sharing them.
Thank you 🙏🤘
Such a great story teller are you Quinny!
Thank you so much for sharing, I really enjoyed this! It's so fascinating🌷
Love story time in the wilderness. More history and lore please! 😃
Amazing lesson! Thank you so much! ♥️
Really interesting, hope more of this comes along in the future
Love that you covered this. ❤️
you are a great story teller sir! I now remember seeing similar statues with red coverings in Yamanochi at Ashirokusushi temple.
I was crying and then I WAS CRYING
Came across this term while doing Japanese lessons, you're such a great storyteller.
Hi Quinlan,
Subarashii video and a most erudite commentary as well.
In viewing your video I’m reminded of fond recollections of my childhood spent in Goto-shi, the archipelago off of Kyushu. In a forest clearing close to my grandparent’s home a mysterious ojizō-sama effigy enveiled in a verdant cloak of moss stood sentinel. As a young boy this enigmatic figure fascinated me to no end and occasionally I would place offerings of mikan and mochi at his feet as instructed by my grandmother. I cannot wait to return to Goto-shi.
Taihen arigatou gozaimasu for the consistently high level of content your work reflects - we all appreciate it! I eagerly look forward to the next installment.
Best,
John D.
Wow- that sounds so picturesque! I can really visualize the scene! Thank you!
@@GoNorthJapanO-bāchan’s specific instruction also had me pluck a few leaves of ‘kuma-zasa’ or ‘bear bamboo,’ the dwarf wide-leafed bamboo and use it as a ‘tray’ for the offerings - so idiosyncratically and unmistakably Japanese. 🇯🇵
@@prometheusignitus116 Yeay- they use those leaves for plates during Obon offerings up in some parts of Iwate, too! Love it!
Loved this video so much...
I would like if you make a new video about Zen buddhism Vipassana meditation . Thank you dear. Wish you all the best 🙏🙏🙏
Saint Jizo is one of my favourites. He cares so much for every living being. Everybody should be inspired to be like Jizo and try and be there for everyone and help somehow to ease suffering and being joy and happiness to people. It is true that not everyone can be helped and be brought to the light of Goodness and love. But through Saint Jizo, God can bring anyone who asks for help into the light. Lord Jizo pray for us 🙏🙏🙏
Very interesting video. I'd like to see more content like this.
This was VERY interesting!! 🙏
love these kind of videos!
The style of this video reminds me of the Rare Earth channel, which is very much a good thing. They also had a large amount of videos in Japan, with similar subjects.
This is an excellent video!
Wonderful video!
Good Stuff.
Thank you for talking about Jizo sama. I have got a statue in my garden and put incense in front of him frequently. I will stack some rocks as well now that I have learnt more! 😊
So very interesting, thanks very much for the history lesson. I'd love to hear more of these.
I found out half of the meaning from Memoirs of a Geisha (book, not movie) and the other half after watching some Mini Ninjas video game play and looking up more info about them. ^^ And now that you mentioned Jealous Gods, you shone a new light on one of my favourite rock bands' album name (Poets of the Fall - Jealous Gods).
This was super interesting! I'd been wanting to know more about Jiso for a while now.
Awesome!
In several Mahayana practices there are actually 10 worlds.
The first six are the ones you mentioned in this video, but they are all considered lower realms.
The upper four worlds are called: Voice-hearers/learners, Cause-awakened ones/realized one, Bodhisattvas and lastly Buddhas.
Another interesting thing to note, is that in some sects like Nichiren and Tendi (possibly Shugendo as well) they believe that the 10 worlds are connected and are not necessarily something you have to cycle through. For example, someone could be born into the realm of hell and still become a Buddha in that lifetime and vise versa.
Great video! Wouldn't mind seeing more like this.
Well-said! And some Tibetan teachers have gone so far as to say that these world are all mental states that we can experience during this human life!
Il protettore dei viaggiatori ☯️🇯🇵🖤🙏🤗
Please do more of these stories, perhaps something about Japanese folklore 😊
Thanks for your explanation 👍 Yet do you know in what Buddhist Sutra/s that mentioned Ksitigarbha/Jizo Bosatsu? 🙏
He was first mentioned in the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Purvapranidhana Sutra.
@@GoNorthJapan Domo arigato 🙏
Walking in rural Japan it does seem like Jizo is everywhere. I really connect with him and miss seeing him when I come home to the USA. I found it hard to find statues of him to buy in Japan, at least not in a size and price appropriate for a traveler on foot.
I've been seeing the bibs around statues in other videos and I thought those statues were Buddha. Thank you for the explanation, it is really cool to know the real meaning :)
Quinlan, I'm pretty sure Bodhisattva was created by Steely Dan, back in the 70s-80s...Entertaining video, as usual.
Another great video keep up the great work. More sake videos soon?
ah! Yeah- I'll see what I can do with that! I'd like to go to a sake brewery and film there, but feel like I should wait for COVID to calm down a bit more before I do... I could always just buy some great local sake and film about it from home though.
@@GoNorthJapan you and some friends and do a tasting that would be fun I am just trying to get Into sake.
Then after all the covid stuff in japan calms down Definitely do some sake tours...sorry I forgot about that covid thing.. I work at a distillery in America and I am busy giving tours and having lots a people come in everyday. So I just thought japan was getting back to the norm already
@@821lancevance Well they just called off the sort of quasi-State of Emergency in Iwate, but people are still being super cautious up here and tour type things (and festivals) are all still off... but hopefully soon I can do that.
But yeah- could totally find some friends and do a home tasting and explain about some local spots. Might be fun to see if people can do a blind taste test and rank by their favorites and what they think is the most expensive and see if people agree and how it compares to actual prices/types.
@@GoNorthJapan I love blind taste tastes that would be great
Before watching through the entirety of the video I was all too eager to write an enthused comment from an ex history major Japanese POV on what it appeared to me as yet another boilerplate generalisation on the oh-so-exotic-and-sacred Japanese spiritualities which they lionise to no end in the West, but you always deliver quality content 😂
Haha, well glad this didn't appear as a boilerplate generalization!
One of the main tenants of Buddhism is to be non-judgemental. 😉
I always see them in anime but I didn't know what that is until I watch this video.
Excellent video. I want more. Suggestion: About the famous portals around Japan, unlike the red and the gray ones. I know some are Shinto and some are Buddhist portals.
You mean the torii gates? Or basically any outdoor gateway in addition to just torii?
@@GoNorthJapan ⛩
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That was so interesting, thank you! I have seen them everywhere when I visit Japan and have seen the knitted caps. Do the people who knit these replace them yearly or just when it needs replacing?
I think just when they seem ragged, though that might vary regionally.
I don't understand your haircut but you seem really nice and I like this video!
That bad? LoL
Glad you liked the video anyway!
where are the images of paintings from?
Thank you for your video and your energy around the information that you're sharing. I want to ask about the relationship beetween Jizo and Enma, because its believed that Jizo is the "true form" of Enma, the king of hell. do you have any more information about it? thank you!
Very interesting! I remember seeing those statues in Arashiyama as well as the many stacks of rocks. The tour guide said that Buddhism mostly concerns the afterlife while Shinto deals with the everyday life. Is this correct? I'm curious to know about what views Shinto might have on the afterlife? One particular tale sticks out to me with the goddess Izanami going into the underworld and ate the food there, so she couldn't return to the living realm with her husband Izanagi. Very much like the Persephone and Hades myth! Does the Shinto religion believe in reincarnation as well? Thanks so much for making this video!
I think that a devout Buddhist or Buddhist monk would say Buddhism deals with everyday life as well, but for most people, I think it's fairly accurate that Buddhism for the afterlife and Shinto is more for everyday life. I would like to interview a Shinto priest or at least talk with some Shinto authority figures and do a video explaining some of that sometime soon as well! I'll try to fill in more information later!
@@GoNorthJapan That would be absolutely delightful if you could interview a Shinto priest or authority figure! I've often wondered how Shinto and Buddhism blend into daily life in Japan. Thanks for replying!
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Do you do podcast? I think you would be great at it if you did.
Thanks! I think that would be a fun project, but I'm trying to focus on growing this RUclips channel for now.
Godzilla is stronger than jizo bosatsu
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