Comments on: Protection against evils in Japanese way http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/1937 -Japanese kawaii fashion, kawaii shops, Japanese culture and more streight from Tokyo by a Japanese blogger!-　　  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:36:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kirin http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/1937/comment-page-1#comment-618 kirin Tue, 19 May 2009 10:51:29 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=1937#comment-618 YES, I do believe in ghosts and spiritual things although I cannot see them. You don't, do you? :p YES, I do believe in ghosts and spiritual things although I cannot see them. You don't, do you? :p

]]> By: Prometheus http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/1937/comment-page-1#comment-616 Prometheus Mon, 18 May 2009 00:31:35 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=1937#comment-616 I was wondering if you believed in ghosts. Do you think they are walking around with us and only some people can see them? I was wondering if you believed in ghosts. Do you think they are walking around with us and only some people can see them?

]]> By: kirin http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/1937/comment-page-1#comment-615 kirin Sat, 16 May 2009 23:54:27 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=1937#comment-615 @sixmats, Thank you. (*^^*) It's just a photo that I took with my mobile camera, though... @Veronica, Oh, you've tried Omikuji? Even if you picked out the worst one, for example, you don't have to worry about that and just tie it to a tree in the shrine so that you can leave evil things there and do not go back home. Lucky ones like yours or your sister's can be kept in a wallet or something until next time. That's how Japanese people cope with Omikuji (paper fortune). :wink: @Walter, I have no idea either if the age things are true or not. That's why there are, I guess, certain people who totally ignore Yakuyoke, just like my father. He's a chemist and he does not believe things that cannot be demonstrated by math or science. I'm however totally opposite to him who like to pay attention to some spiritual things. :wink: @sixmats,

Thank you. (*^^*) It’s just a photo that I took with my mobile camera, though…

@Veronica,

Oh, you’ve tried Omikuji? Even if you picked out the worst one, for example, you don’t have to worry about that and just tie it to a tree in the shrine so that you can leave evil things there and do not go back home. Lucky ones like yours or your sister’s can be kept in a wallet or something until next time. That’s how Japanese people cope with Omikuji (paper fortune). :wink:

@Walter,

I have no idea either if the age things are true or not. That’s why there are, I guess, certain people who totally ignore Yakuyoke, just like my father. He’s a chemist and he does not believe things that cannot be demonstrated by math or science. I’m however totally opposite to him who like to pay attention to some spiritual things. :wink:

]]> By: Walter http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/1937/comment-page-1#comment-613 Walter Sat, 16 May 2009 21:39:43 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=1937#comment-613 Mmm... I can't recall anything bad happening to me at the age of 25 or now at 42 and 61 is still a long way off :smile: So basically once I get past that one , I'm safe from evil ?? It's so unfair that the final hurdle for women is at 37 :evil: :!: . Mmm… I can’t recall anything bad happening to me at the age of 25 or now at 42 and 61 is still a long way off :smile:
So basically once I get past that one , I’m safe from evil ??
It’s so unfair that the final hurdle for women is at 37 :evil: :!: .

]]> By: Veronica http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/1937/comment-page-1#comment-610 Veronica Sat, 16 May 2009 01:03:32 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=1937#comment-610 Wow, how fascinating! My friends made a mock shrine for their Japanese university festival in Boston and had me pick omikuji (My sister's fortune was luckier than mine, haha) :shock: Wow, how fascinating!

My friends made a mock shrine for their Japanese university festival in Boston and had me pick omikuji (My sister’s fortune was luckier than mine, haha)

:shock:

]]> By: sixmats http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/1937/comment-page-1#comment-609 sixmats Fri, 15 May 2009 22:48:56 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=1937#comment-609 I really like that last picture. And you're right, I'm a foreigner in Japan and I haven't done it ... yet. I really like that last picture.

And you’re right, I’m a foreigner in Japan and I haven’t done it … yet.

]]> By: kirin http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/1937/comment-page-1#comment-608 kirin Fri, 15 May 2009 12:46:46 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=1937#comment-608 @Dutchie, Actually most of Japanese people are free from religions. This article may have given you the impression that I am Buddhism, but in fact I'm free. My fortune teller used tarot cards, read my aura, but recommended that I shold go to a shrine not a church. :wink: Many Japanese people use church as a place to hold a wedding ceremony (although we've never been to church on Sundays and never read the Bible) and a funeral is held in Japanese way following Shintoism, at most of the cases. This would sound so strange and is hard to be undestood, I guess. But that's part of Japan as it is. @Lisa, Yakuyoke is a very Japanese custom, and I can hardly imagine foreigners who live or visit in Japan would do this. (I've never seen foreigners attending to the Yakuyoke with me in my experience so far.) But if you do that, it'll be fresh experience to you, although it's not cheap. :razz: There are many ways of fortune telling. Some read palm, some read face, some read name (Kanji. how many strokes and combination of strokes) and so on. I do not believe such things 100%, either. But I'll see how things turn out in next 3 years and I'll find if she was right or not. I mean this time I was told other "?!(@_@)?!" things. :roll: @Dutchie,

Actually most of Japanese people are free from religions. This article may have given you the impression that I am Buddhism, but in fact I’m free.

My fortune teller used tarot cards, read my aura, but recommended that I shold go to a shrine not a church. :wink: Many Japanese people use church as a place to hold a wedding ceremony (although we’ve never been to church on Sundays and never read the Bible) and a funeral is held in Japanese way following Shintoism, at most of the cases. This would sound so strange and is hard to be undestood, I guess. But that’s part of Japan as it is.

@Lisa,

Yakuyoke is a very Japanese custom, and I can hardly imagine foreigners who live or visit in Japan would do this. (I’ve never seen foreigners attending to the Yakuyoke with me in my experience so far.) But if you do that, it’ll be fresh experience to you, although it’s not cheap. :razz:

There are many ways of fortune telling. Some read palm, some read face, some read name (Kanji. how many strokes and combination of strokes) and so on.

I do not believe such things 100%, either. But I’ll see how things turn out in next 3 years and I’ll find if she was right or not. I mean this time I was told other “?!(@_@)?!” things. :roll:

]]> By: Lisa http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/1937/comment-page-1#comment-605 Lisa Wed, 13 May 2009 21:05:52 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=1937#comment-605 ええええ！とてもおもしろかったです！ I have always wanted to go to a fortune teller... I wanted to try in Japan but I realised my Japanese wasn't good enough or they spoke no English. Too bad! Next time I will definitely go, even if I have to take a friend with me to help translate! ;) Although... your fortune teller sounds very accurate! :D I'm not 100% sure I believe such things, but at the same time I kind of do, haha... >.< Thank you for the Yokuyaku info too, this was completely new for me. :) ええええ！とてもおもしろかったです！
I have always wanted to go to a fortune teller… I wanted to try in Japan but I realised my Japanese wasn’t good enough or they spoke no English. Too bad! Next time I will definitely go, even if I have to take a friend with me to help translate! ;) Although… your fortune teller sounds very accurate! :D

I’m not 100% sure I believe such things, but at the same time I kind of do, haha… >.<
Thank you for the Yokuyaku info too, this was completely new for me. :)

]]> By: Dutchie http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/1937/comment-page-1#comment-603 Dutchie Wed, 13 May 2009 13:29:59 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=1937#comment-603 My family r christians, so I dont come into contact much abt supersitious beliefs. When we r in need of comfort during sickness or troubled times, we confide them in our pastors who would pray with us n soothed our minds. Life changes after my brothers n sisters were married. They all adopted other religious beliefs - buddhism is one of them. It made my mom quite sad actually bec our way of life was changed completely. My hubby is a free-thinker, so I'm not wrapped up in cumbersome rituals n rites which comes from embracing a belief. Given time, I realised that the best way to solve any "problems" is to do it myself, with the help of sound knowledge n from life experiences. This is my 2 cent's worth. Hope I havent offended any reader with a different view. My family r christians, so I dont come into contact much abt supersitious beliefs. When we r in need of comfort during sickness or troubled times, we confide them in our pastors who would pray with us n soothed our minds.

Life changes after my brothers n sisters were married. They all adopted other religious beliefs – buddhism is one of them. It made my mom quite sad actually bec our way of life was changed completely.

My hubby is a free-thinker, so I’m not wrapped up in cumbersome rituals n rites which comes from embracing a belief. Given time, I realised that the best way to solve any “problems” is to do it myself, with the help of sound knowledge n from life experiences. This is my 2 cent’s worth. Hope I havent offended any reader with a different view.

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