Bad stone

This week I only have one entry. Far too much happening to be able to work on more this weekend. I'll try to do some additional ones this week and upload them next weekend.

But this is a supernatural item that shows up in Ghost Slayers Ayashi and is actually a story I heard about as a grade schooler growing up in California in the 1950s.

sesshôseki 殺生石

Deadly and tasty

Two new entries this week. One a kami you don't want as a guest and the 5th taste which you do want to enjoy.

Hōsō no kami (smallpox kami) 疱瘡神

umami (flavor) 旨味

Food prep, pilgrimage, announcement

NOTICE:
I am changing the minimum I will post each week from three to one. I have many other committments which shall take up comsiderable time for the next year. I will attempt to do more than one new entry a week when possible.

katsuobushibako (box for shaving bonito) 鰹節箱

Shikoku-henro (Shikoku pilgrimage) 四国遍路

Prime, Cabinet, Diet

Last week I had a request to do some entries related to Japanese politics. So with the recent election still in the news and the new government getting set up here are three entries I hope folks find interesting.

Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan (National Diet Library) 国立国会図書館

naikaku (Japanese Cabinet) 内閣

shushō (Prime Minister) 首相

Thanks, wisdom, curse

This week I cover something every anime fan has heard, unless you only watch re-dubs. Plus another Bodhisattva and a general religious entry.

itadakimasu いただきます

Monju (Manjusri) 文殊

tatari (curse or spiritual retribution) 祟り

Next week? Who knows? I am open to suggestions.

Food, high and low

This week I again do food entries. In fact expect more soon as I intend to fill some gaps in the culinary related entries.

kaiseki ryōri 懐石料理

ryōtei (traditional restaurants) 料亭

tsukimi (culinary term) 月見

This week choosing to do an entry on ryōtei led to the need to do one on kaiseki ryōri.

Take out, spooky and offering.

I have a new subcategory in the topical index Business - Food & Restaurants.

This week I have a food service related entry, a spooky tale custom and something to bring to bring to a Japanese funeral.

bentô-ya (bentô shop) 弁当屋

hyakumonogatari (100 stories) 百物語

kôden (incense money) 香奠

There is actually a bit of a theme this week, two of the entries have references from 20th Century Boys manga. I'll put up a review of the first 20th Century Boys live action movie soon, I went to see it in San Francisco at the Viz Cinema theater in the New People building in Japantown on Saturday.

This blog entry typed to T-Rex's 20th Century Boy.