Cleansing Our House of Spirits | Shinto Ceremony
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Oharae, or harae/harai is a Shinto cleansing/purification ritual. We decided to have an Oharae done to cleanse the house of any angry or bad spirits (or ghosts), particularly with the all the noise and mess we were making in the house with the renovations.
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I've been very moved by this video. Assimilating to Japanese culture is so important in making Japan your home. These traditions are about connection with the present and the past, and about respect for the culture and its history. What a beautiful way to ask to be welcomed to your new home.
Respect for the previous owners past, builds a path of love for this new family's future. Loved their tradition.
If anything i'm sure your neighbors appreciated it. Good relations with your neighbors is worth it even if you don't believe your self.
Agree with you, I'm happy to do things like this.
Japanese mostly dont believe in it too, they often do it just out of respect to the culture
It sets an intention.
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@@maiy8786 Really? Hm... Interesting.
I've always felt strongly that if I moved to a new country, or indeed even visited, especially one with the ancient traditions, customs and beliefs as Japan, that I would integrate as much as possible, learn the language as fluently as I could (I have mild brain damage from a stroke which makes means I see certain writing - even calligraphy - as art, but I can still learn and retain some spoken languages - Japanese is the one I've started because my brain hears it as a melodic roll which means it somehow sticks well in my memory; korean and Italian is the same), and be respectful of the people and their traditions. I think your neighbours and the other local people would be very happy to see you so lovingly restoring that beautiful house and respecting their way of life and their history and beliefs. Your work and your respect is amazing to see. :) (I'm very jealous you get to live somewhere so beautiful).
I love the respect and the dedication that you and your family have shown to the spirits of the previous family owners. You have done an amazing job. Hard to understand why a home like this would have been abandoned. Wishing you all a lovely future full of happiness, laughter and love.
Such a beautiful procedure....such respect and balance. Heart touching.
thank you for sharing this ceremony with us. i have never observed a shinto ritual before.
So glad to have came across this, cleansing is so important in all religions. 🙏🏽
This seems an excellent touch toward making you feel the house really is yours and that you and your family belong there. I have come to really admire the beauty of the home now being uncovered as well. Even though it is relatively new, it haw an ancient tranquility about it.
For more of a comfort to the living then the dead my religion does something similar. Houses when recently moved into take on the prayers we make there so when my family moved house and then had huge reconstruction done being able to hear prayers and religious teachings through out the house made it seem alive and more comfortable to just exist in. I'm a Muslim and the prayer he made felt so similar to prayers done by us.
I hope you fill this house with happiness it looks stunning.
You’ll soon have a beautiful house and all your struggles with cleaning up (yes I have been seeing your videos back to back) would seem worth it. In India when we buy a land and start construction, we do it only after “Bhoomi pujan” (worshipping Mother Earth), and if it’s a new home, we do “Griha pravesh” (worshipping & welcoming the gods before we enter the new home). And these are definitely positive moments, new neighbors walk in, everything is clean and beautiful, showing us promises and possibilities of a great future. Good luck. Can’t wait for you to move in.
Happened to watch this Akiya house and got hooked on to it pretty fast. Jaya, you took more than 2 years of very hard work to get to this stage. Please take your time and give us more videos!
Thanks, aiming to do just that!
@@TokyoLlama Great news for us! Having lived in Australia for so long, we appreciate, can relate to your sense of humour and find them so endearing!
my hubby was in several countries while in the military. the locals are not grumpy when you try to fit in...treat everyone there as if they were your great grandparents he said and things will be smoother/better received.
It's a beautiful house and a wonderful place to raise a family. Best wishes
Great. ThNks for sharing that with us👍💥⚡️
felicitaciones es una casa muy bella!!!
What a beautiful house! I love how your wife tries to show you how to throw the rice, even though she was standing behind you. My wife would have done the exact same thing, and wondered why I didn't see her!
Ha ha, I hadn't really noticed that.
It's salt, not rice, that they throw.
@@hebneh Thanks! I have no idea why I wrote rice! I'm not Japanese but my wife is. I've thrown salt many times, but never rice. Ha Ha
We Indians also have rituals , we ask blessings from God so that whosoever lives in the house should live a happy, healthy and good life . And those rituals or we call it as 'puja' are quite long (2-3hrs) but they are for a good reason
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What a beautiful house....:)
I can get behind any ceremony that lets you drink!
Beautiful
I think this was a good idea!!
Aww, you had to destroy the little stone shrines? :(
Émouvante cérémonie. 🙏🏻㊗️
C'mon,...ghost don't exist people xD.
I live in a 750 year old building and it's seen some times many sieges, including the 80 year Dutch - Spanish war, the Napoléon war, WW2, etc,...and around the corner there's a square were executions by fire, hanging and other methods, etc used to be done for a few hundred years.
If i hear a creaking noise in my house, and i do, it's the ancient wood and stone structure hahahah, or my dog's walking around.
I imagine he did this more for the people around him so they dont worry. Regardless it was intresting to watch
If ghosts were a thing then hospitals would close within a year of opening.
The house is quite high, is there an attic in your house?
Don't want to anger the spirit of the previous owner, and have him messing up all of your hard work to spite you for messing with his home. well done. While the kamidana is particular to an area or a families profession (Likely farming in this case) being burned I understand, I'm not sure about destroying the hokora shrines outside. They are supposed to enshrine kami not under the jurisdiction of other shrines. It almost feels like leaving them homeless.
Nicely put... The priest told us to have the hokora destroyed - I was hoping to keep them.
Oh wow, didn't know carpenters and architects also took part in the ceremony, that's pretty cool.
Riho Pütsep move in the house must be have some religion pray depend on where you live
Oh yes, they need to be safe too. My son only explained some of ceremonies and rituals you go through for a new home or renevation.
if there's drinking involved the Japanese are on it.
yeah cause this is also for their protection while they work on the house and cause there is some sake and stuff after ceremony
What is this
I feel like whether you believe ghosts/spirits exists or not, it is respectful to the original owner of the house and the people who lived there before to perform a ritual like this. Good job!
Thank you, yes, that's exactly how I felt about it. We should have done it sooner.
@Peter Lee what?
I will tell you guys something and the disbelievers. I live in Texas USA and got my childhood home at an auction for $1,234. tax sale. I do hypnosis and remove spirits from people places and things. We are able to connect to the Higher Self Beings who monitor us for God. They know everything we do down here. They tell me where the spirits are and what kind they are. I had my sister Dee under.
We found out the dark spirit of a Native American Navajo, White Cloud was in the house. My sister and I along with White Cloud and another spirit Two Hands, we were all in the same tribe in a past life. There were 3 other spirits as well. I knew of one who sold the house to my father. Phebe and her husband. They took up residence there when they left their bodies. Two Hands took up residence in my thyroid and it killed my thyroid. He was in there since I was a child.
White Cloud's spirit had taken up residence inside a crawl space in my bedroom upstairs. I always felt uneasy around that place, now I know why.
The HS told me to be careful of dark things in corners in the house and I thought they ment spiders and they said no, a dark spirit. I had a plastic bag picking up stuff left behind from the previous owners in the other side of the house crawl space. The bag disappeared. I found it hours later covering the intake air supply of my new generator outside. IF I hadn't found that it would have destroyed the generator, no air could get through it. I know it was White Cloud doing it. See spirits people will cause havoc with anyone they choose. Our home growing up was not a happy one.
I had an older adopted brother, we are all adopted, Rusty. He was sister Dee's real bio brother. She is the one under hypnosis. He use to molest me, Dee and their other sister Marlene and my bio brother Orville. I today feel it was probably White Cloud who entered Rusty and took him over. 70% of the population has some type of spirit inside them other than their own. I pull them out of people all the time.
I have the video of that session with Dee on my channel if anyone would like to watch it. Healing with Jeanette-Sister Dee 001 AAM
@@inspire734 Texas. Of course.
Thanks. Good to know!
Watching this was oddly calming and soothing. The house is looking really nice. Good fortune with the renovations to come.
Thanks, and thanks for watching!
I think you were very wise to have this ceremony done. Especially so for those that will work on the house and for the Japanese side of the family. It also serves as an 'official' detachment with the past of the house and adds to the feeling that this house and land is now yours. I say that, even though I don't follow the Shinto religion, but having lived in Japan for the past 28 years, it often surprises me how much of the superstitions etc also affect me. They especially affect you when times are tough and you start wondering as to whether you should have done this or that at a particular juncture in time.
Better than I could have said it. Thanks.
Sandra Lieb How are they fake priests?
Sandra Lieb your experiences with those ‘fake priests’ don’t account for all priests. Take your negativity elsewhere. If you believe religion is false why bother clicking on this video? Obviously you have a lot of pent up anger and unhappiness with yourself that you need to deal with.
Sandra Lieb you asked me and every other person on here to read it the moment you commented it lmao. It’s a public platform. Check yourself.
@@danielboomers
Lieb you are one of the reasons that just good folks VOTE FOR TRUMP . !! to send your silly ass a message .. GET OFF THE PLANET !!
This is educational to watch a Shinto cleansing ritual
"I accidentally poured the priest a pretty big shot. Coincidentally or not, he was very friendly and we had a good chat afterwards." LOL 😂🤣 You may be in Japan, but glad to see you brought and kept your Australian sense of humor!
Jessica the good chat was because of the big shot? Haha
@epiphanyinnature he's australian, he said so himself
And Australian drinking style haha
This said, I do think Japanese folks like to drink as well. At least in my experience in Japanese bars (which I admit, is probably not a representative sample of Japanese people)
@LairdDougal Could be that I lived in the UK for 11 years before coming to Japan - may have messed with my accent.
u gave him the aussie amount
I am sure your house hasn't looked so good in the last 15 years as it does now. it's almost as if it'd be new indoors! And I am really not joking this time. As such the spirit of the old owner should be really happy about it if he'd still be there and see the results of your efforts. I mean even his children didn't want to take over the responsibility of renovating that house and I know that as we grow older we get really attached to our belongings - so seeing that a stranger comes and brings life in the house again (and not just tearing it down and building a completely new house) would certainly make him satisfied. If you could talk to him now I am sure he would also thank you for taking over the place and turning it so beautiful again.
I'd like to think so. The neighbours are happy we've come in and cleaned the place up, also bringing a bit of youth (not me, my kids). Agreed, it could have easily been the case of someone knocking the house down and building a cheap new home.
@@TokyoLlama So glad you saved it! It is really beautiful. That woodwork and beam! It is like temple!
You definitely did the right and honourable thing mate,good luck with your home.The house looked very sad in your first video and it didn't "look" friendly at all.Even through the medium of video it "feels" much better dare I say happier.Im sure your family will have a great life there now.
I’m sure the neighbors liked the place being cleaned up as it increased the value of their homes as well.
Wow, you were able to get the carpenters and the architect to participate. Super respectful.
Yes, they were quite keen to do the oharae. Older folk in particular still feel strongly about doing this kind of thing.
@@TokyoLlama It's common practice to perform Shinto rituals when building new houses. It is a natural thing for Japanese carpenters and architects. So I can imagine how they think it's an important step for house renovations, especially when the houses are old and had been empty for awhile, and has special spiritual characteristics. I wish you a good luck on renovating this beautiful house.
How fascinating! What a privilege to have participated in such a ceremony.
Thanks, it was a great experience and I was also glad I didn’t make any major faux pas.
If one was to need such a ceremony, where could one procure one in say, Okinawa?
Such a stunning house. Can't wait to see how you finish it. Out of curiosity, the friends who felt "something" in the house, I wonder if they feel that way anymore....
Thanks for watching. Well, the carpenters were a little worried about being in the house by themselves before, but now don’t seem to mind, even when it gets a little dark in the late afternoon.
The very first video I felt scared myself. Like a heavy dark energy. Sadness depression loneliness etc.
@@fishchibo5539 was it the music?
@@homa1189 I agree, the state of disarray the house was in spoke volumes for me. It spoke a great deal of depression, anyone Comfortable enough to let it deteriorate with garbage, and live in the midst of it was disillusioned with life. Im glad the ceremony was done, may the house return to The state of grand gesture as it stood when it was first built.
@@TokyoLlama That is so awesome of your family to participate in something that would make them feel at ease. Which believe it or not, and I don't think any of us but you and the locals can say what the locals respect or believe lol We aren't there. If it makes someone feel better while they work it's worth it. I wish that was a cultural thing people cared more about outside of Japan.
"Accidentally poured the priest a pretty big shot" This is comedy gold!.
All jokes aside this was interesting to watch, never seen the actual ritual that they perform.
I was at a small Catholic wedding where most of the guests weren’t Christian, much less Catholic… which the priest didn’t know. So he set up the communion wine based on the total number of people there.
He actually made two extra calls for people to come and take communion before giving up and drinking the rest of the wine himself.
I figure there’s a similar requirement to have all drink set up in the sacred space to be drunk before the end of the ceremony.
It seems really stressful to perform rituals you're not used to, i would be scared to death to do something wrong that could offend the native people
I wasn't stressed but certainly conscious of not messing it up. I wasn't prepped beforehand so had no idea of what to expect.
In most countries, native people give more tolerance towards foreigners, because they expect you to not know how they do things.
@@TokyoLlama Having lived in Japan for about the same duration as you, I completely recognized your behavior pattern, haha. It's that mode where you're just trying not to screw up and you're constantly referencing your Japanese partner to make sure things are going smoothly. Totally empathize with that.
Adam Strandberg Rude as it sounds, I wouldn’t partake in a pagan ritual. Jesus and the tenets of my Faith forbid me from doing so, anyway.......🤷♀️An interesting ritual for the sake of the indigenous culture, but that’s about it....
@Magical Panda It is the same in Thailand. Just be respectful, keep a straight face, follow along and speak when spoken too. The monks are the experts, you are not.
Excellent my friend! A new fresh beginning for the house and the family's peace of mind. Whether we believe or not in ghosts is culturally necessary, in my opinion, to perform this ceremony. Not just for you and everyone working in the house, but also for the previous owner who deserves the respect. Congratulations!!! がんばってください
Certainly agree with you there - believing in ghosts or spirits is besides the point. It was important to some friends and the carpenter, so it was important for us to do too. Glad we did it.
This house must have been the talk of the town when it was built. It is absolutely gorgeous!
🍃I can assure you, that any ancestral spirits in the home, is quite proud of the love and respect you have given, to bring this home, it's restored beauty it deserves. Thank for sharing. Every culture has it's own way of cleansing and bringing in the humbleness and showing the utmost respect to it's past owners.🍃
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"bruh I just vacuumed the floor..."
joke aside, very interesting Ritual and video.
The house looks very pretty and ceremonies like this are fascinating to watch. :)
Glad to hear it was interesting - thanks very much for watching.
The house is sooooooooo beautiful the owner Rest In Peace is happy that someone nice bought his house he happy u clean it and u pay respect to him
Was that booze ?
Being a spirit in Japan must be rad
They get pretty drunk during Obon
Koreans also appease spirits and party with their ancestors at their grave sites (but usually they pour the whole bottle(s) out)
@@AlexAnder-rv1gu also the wine has young boys faeces in it
kharnifex don’t spread misinformation. And that vice video said it wasn’t commonly consumed at all!
@@peach8982 it's a bad idea to compare Korea and Japan
It was really cool to be able to watch a ritual like this, thank you for sharing. I was a little surprised that stone shines had to be destroyed, I find it a bit sad really, but I guess they were for the previous family and you can get some of your own.
That was definitely mesmerizing. When we moved to Japan almost a decade ago, there was a demolition of an old house near our place. When the entire thing was just soil again, they built a small wooden shrine and did something like what the priest here did. A a couple months later, a new apartment was up.
First of all, you are so lucky! I studied architecture in Japan and you don't see this extravagant style in private residential homes anymore AT ALL!! Second, I am so glad you did the ceremony. I don't necessary believe in spirits or ghosts but the previous owner must have been very proud of the house, therefore must have been attached to it as well and everyone who cleaned up the house probably went thru a lot of emotions, like felt like you are invading into someone's space even tho you own it, cleaning out previous owner's personal items out of the house wondering about them etc. Doing this ceremony gives closure to everyone(including previous owner) and I hope it gave you refreshed feel, a new chapter. Good luck with the renovation!
Thanks very much!
I became emotional watching this, as my Great Grand Mother and her Tribe The Niitsitapi would have simular cleanings and blessings for the inhabitation of hand crafted Ti Pi, they were so individual in their art works and the structures while being the same, were also decorative on the inside. So in the handing down of such a structure their were ritual cleancing and blessings for a new life and adornments!
well, I think your tribe has Haplogroup B dna, which is also found in Japan, among other places....My tribe has some some similarities w/ the Ainu, but I think we may have traded w/ them. So that makes sense. no reason not to have cultural exchange as well as products/services. In the end we're all children of the creator and noble beings :)
@@dammitanothername I like very much that you pointed me in this dirrection! I followed your Group B and found tons of info! The Cleancing always interested me! My grand explained that it was not to kick out any spirits as much as it was to ask for new life to begin, new spirits to take residences a sort of permission! To allow harmony between the two!
I am visiting Japan on a long-term stay for about 15 months - it's the final bucket list item of things that I have wanted to accomplish. And I'm nearing the end of a 3 and 1/2 month stay in Kyoto. It has been a joy to walk the neighborhood where I have been living. One item I have especially noticed, has been the number of old homes being demolished, with new ones being quickly built in their place. On one such location, I noticed a two-story home being demolished with the typical scaffolding set-up and external typical tarp-like material attached to the outside (I understood it's done in Japan so as to prevent falling objects from harming people passing by, or damage to other non-related structures). The old building was quickly demolished, land completely cleared, then the scaffolding was removed. I happened to be walking by on a Saturday morning on my way to the gym, when I noticed chairs and what later turned out to be a small altar being arranged on the completely cleared property which I thought was rather curious.
Returning from the gym, I caught a Shinto ceremony being performed with the attendants dressed in formal "business" attire (except of course, for the priest who was in Shinto garb). In the ensuing week, the base foundation work began, with restoration of the scaffolding and outer coverings following thereafter, but I also recognized that at least some of the workmen were present at the previously held Shinto ceremony. Less than 3 months after the demolition, a new two-story home has just been completed (even with all the rain, extreme heat, and the remnants of a typhoon in Kyoto). Likewise, the other new homes in the area are in various stages of near or full completion, with new kindred projects appearing here and there.
The complete demolition and reconstruction process of the one home has been such an interesting visual experience. From the care taken throughout (such as hiring a suitably dressed elderly man to direct people and traffic safety when needed based on the demolition or construction work being performed), to the speed and apparently well-planned execution of the project itself. But the one thing that really stood out for me, was the respect afforded to the project itself, as well as those not directly involved (such as passing pedestrians, vehicles, etc.). Then again, this is Japan. It is a major reason why I keep revisiting this country time after time, always wanting to return, while feeling a nostalgic sadness upon leaving.
It's sad that the adorable little stone houses with such incredible little ornate details must be destroyed. I loved the look of them and thought that whoever crafted them must have put a lot of effort and care into doing so, honestly a shame.
John Carney Why do they need to be destroyed? And what do they represent?
7:31 Something needs to be burnt (the contents of the livingroom shelf?) and stone something must be destroyed.
Wild guess: These shrines are bloodline specific and should not be reused.
@@spacewolfcub
Much like removing mezuzah from your old home and affixing new ones in your new home.
Mezuzah are not bloodline related. Rather, it is an act of respect just in case the new owners remove, destroy, or just trash them if they are not part of their belief system and they do not hold them in the same regard that you do.
I do not know. Just a thought that occurred to me in hearing that and the similarity of customs. 😊
@@AwareLife It's not about the material value of it though. Just knowing the craftsmanship it took to build them and how pretty they are. It feels like a shame to destroy it. I think that sentiment exists in Japan also, I at least have heard similar said of beautiful foods.
Japan also isn't exactly non-materialist. Shintoism probably isn't. But Japan is probably as materialist as most places. I think Japanese people don't hold onto junk like Australians do, just speaking anecdotally.
@Sonia I’m Australian.....never ever ever seen more junk in a house than I have in Japan. That’s rural Japan though. Can’t speak for Urban residences.
It is sad to hear that you had to destroy the shrine. I guess it would signify a new owner and detachment from the old owner
It's part of the cycle
Do you then get a new shrine?
@@bettrho2490 if you want.
Thanks for the video. Beautiful ceremony. ☺
Just wondering though, why do you have to destroy the hokora?
You’re welcome. The kamidana and hokora were created for the previous owner - we cannot keep them so the priest said we had to have the hokora destroyed by a stone mason. If we want one we have to get our own!
I was wondering this, good question!
Another one of those "hidden costs" involved in buying an akiya.
There's something incredibly moving about this. Whatever it is, I felt it here in England. A universal respect for all past, present & future.
Wow, your house really looks amazing now that it is clean. Congratulations - all your hard work seems to have really paid off. Well done!
Thanks, appreciate it!
Omg your house, look like a mini castle, a manoir, remain me of old samurai movie ;)
I was in the middle of a meeting when you did your live stream.....hated that I missed it. Still in awe of the house. Even more when I think of the price. 👍
Sorry, it was an impromptu livestream. I’ll organise one again soon, and at a more accessible time/day, with some advance notice!
Beautiful ceremony! I believe house blessings (or something similar) are very important, regardless the house's history.
Until I went to work for the U.S.G.S. in *'89,* I was a millwright at a sawmill near Seattle. One of our big markets was very large heart cut select timber to Japan for redimensioning into high grade lumber such as that.
It's really fun for me to think that maybe some of our gorgeous Cascade Evergreen Cants ended up *in* that work of ART !!!
Increíble! Muchas gracias por compartir este hermoso ritual, cada vez encuentro más similitud entre la cultura japonesa y la mapuche, en una ceremonia mapuche se hace algo muy similar, casi con la misma estructura, de dar ofrenda primero y luego lo que queda compartir entre quienes están participando! Saludos desde Chile
I really like how you respect the culture. Also I must say your videos are amazing. Cheers from Switzerland.
Thank you!
Thank You for being so respectful while you inhabit this magnificent Japanese home. It is good that someone like you and your wife are here to continue.
The home is coming along nicely. Thank you for allowing us to experience this ritual!
You’re welcome, thanks very much for watching.
This was incredibly fascinating to watch and learn about.
I would feel weird breaking up the hokuras - loved the sun streaming in at the end - your house is beautiful, I hope you have the best times there... 😊
I cant wait to see the finished home renovation (and the garden too), maybe because I also have a dream to move to countryside Japan if I have the money. Could you also show your neighborhood and the village center, Im just curious. Thanx
Respect for tradition keeps a culture stable.
Wow Shinto, one of the last bastions of paganism that all of our ancestors use to follow. It's good to see it alive and well!
I felt really sad watching this and thinking about this person's final days. R.I.P
Hello! I just stumbled upon your channel and found myself bingewatching all of your videos! I'm also quite fascinated with traditional japanese architecture and its building techniques, and it's soo thoughtful and respectful of you to enlist the help of the original carpenter of the house and not made major changes all by yourself, it shows you respect such a beautiful house and is dedicated to its preservation. How lucky of you that he's still around and nearby! I really can't wait to see how the house will turn out in the future. If I were the owner I'd be happy with what you've done with the place, the house found itself a true caretaker. My best regards! ✨💕
It is imperative to show respect to the former inhabitants and owners. A "good spirit" ritual, such as this helps clean and purify the house with honor and goodwill. Good job!
The 'Castle' looks great. Soon will be a home! Never a bad time for some sake.
Ha, yes, we took the bottle home and finished it.
Yes! I love that you payed all respects to the previous owners and builders of this house! I feel you will now live a long beautiful life with your family in this amazing home! What a find,what a blessing!🙏🏾
So weird how you said the cleaners felt something. I literally felt it when I was watching your cleaning process video. Where that washroom mirror was off that large dark room, very cool 😎
I always wanted to have an old architecture japanese house in the future.
Well in the Exorcist movie this whole exorcism thing looked more "funny" ...... OK, I'm just trolling. :D However your comment about pouring the priest too much rice wine was also rather funny. I wonder what the ceremony would look like with a drunk shinto priest. :D
You have to destroy the old stone shrine things? ? Why?? They're beautiful and their age adds to that. It seems such a waste to destroy them.
The shrines were for the spirits of the ancestors of the old farmer who died. By leaving them up, it's the same as "imprisoning" the farmer's ancestors, which is massively disrespectful.
@@kalaeon Oh wow! I thought they were just like Nature Spirit shrines. Wow I had no idea that was like imprisoning the ancestors. Thanks for sharing the knowledge!
So happy to see this beautiful house brought back. It has such a good feeling inside.
That's what I love about the Japanese. The respect is absolute for everything. Thanks for sharing.
House is looking great.!!!👍😎🦘
You’re welcome, thank you for watching!
seems a very respectful way to honour the life of the previous owner and let you have the peace of mind that the area is cleansed and open for
it's new life.
I’ve enjoyed watching the ceremony of purification of your home. I am Native American of Apache Tribe, we used salt to do the purification as well. You’re blessed and waiting to see the final completion of your new home.
Same in India too, Just Built my Home in New Delhi and did the ceremony in a bit different way by sprinkling mustard seeds and rice.
Grate video, Best wishes for the New House and life.
When I stayed in Goa/India I was surprised that many houses were abandonned, but they explained that Indian people didn't live in other people's houses as they could inherit their bad health or bad luck. I visited one amazing house and large garden, the house was full of furniture and objects untouched for many years.
I dont know why but this video made me remember Totoro :)
Ha, you should have seen my kids running around the garden today - definitely a Totoro vibe.
I’ve always wondered, the food offered in ceremonies for spirits. What happens to if after?
My guess, not coming from the Shinto religion but having a lot of experience with spiritual offerings (food, flowers, salt etc), is that after some time it'll get cleaned up and disposed of, possibly in a ritual fashion. The spirits are "energy beings" without physical bodies and will therefore consume the energies of the offerings rather than their physical form. Sorry if this doesn't make any sense, English isn't my first language.
5:47 sounds like a tornado siren.
It made me in tears. It’s a good Omen to be respectful .
Traditions and rituals are important. It can give us a sense of belonging and continuity in this crazy world. There is beauty in it whether you believe in the spiritual aspects of things or not.
That house is a work of art. It represents talent, creativity, skills, and abilities of artisans, many who may no longer be living. Sadly, they may not have the opportunity to pass their skills on. It is a great honor to the efforts of these artisans that you perform this ceremony.
Thank you for allowing me to watch this traditional ceremony. Many blessings to your family, and may love and joy always fill the walls of your lovely home.
May your house be blessed with the running feet of happy joyful Children!
I've seen Shinto ceremonies before, so this wasn't entirely new to me, but I enjoyed it. Even more interesting are the various comments about other cultures and religions which do very much the same thing. Christians too will have a blessing at the dedication and opening of a new or renovated building.
Absurd to compare this to the Abrahamitic religions, where there is a total detachment from nature and its essence. We just need to learn from Asian religions.
I can't wait to see how the house is going to look at the end of renovation, beautiful and shine like the houses in the movie the last samurai :D
I'll bet the neighbors are loving the the way the property is looking now.💖
Yes, they brought us a huge bag of persimmons last month.
So glad I found your channel! I've been enjoying the progress videos of the renovation, and I think this one was the most interesting yet. Very informative, please keep making videos like this one! Also, what a gorgeous house, I am very jealous. I can't wait to see the final product!
Thanks very much for watching.
When I saw your first video showing inside the house, I immediately thought it was haunted.
Legend says the priest still drunk to these day
This is so fascinating to watch, not to mention educational... I'm looking forward to the final output.