Another Obon is upon us. For the next 3 days I will be praying for my wife's spirit to return home and be with us here. I miss her greatly and think about her every day. Please see the light honey and come home...
In India there is a time period called " pritpaksha" when family members make all the food that their parents(ancestors) liked when they were alive and serve it to the crows.
This is just fascinating as hell, especially the amazing shinto prayer. Truly just.....amazing. It's like you can feel 'something'. inexplainable really, but if someone had a gun to my head and I had to answer then and there to the question of life after death, or if there's a God, I would say "Yes" without hesitation. Let's say this person, hypothetically, knew the true answer and you had to get it right or you died. I would still answer yes. Every part of my being tells me there's something more. Scenario above is completely hypothetical, of course, I'm just using it to make a point. Also, this is irrelevant, but I say this with the deepest respect to all those who partake in this festival as a Christian. No denomination.
Hi J G, this is Thomas Shomaker. I made this video in 2012 in Wakayama-ken because that is where my wife is from. The main character is my wife's grandmother and it is in memory of her husband (my wife's grandfather). Thank you so much for watching. I live in Tanabe City now so if you ever pass through there or Wakayama Prefecture hit me up! edit.shomaker@gmail.com
I am from Minabe, Wakayama(approx. 20min drive from Tanabe city), but it has been more than 2 decades since I moved to the US. Just happened to see your video. Thank you! In the 70's, for Hatsu bon (1st bon ), people used to make wooden small ships with lanterns attached, put things the deceased loved in the ship (such as cigarettes, a small bottle of Sake etc..), and push the ships into the ocean. I remember, my dad took his shirt off and went into the ocean with the ship(made for my grandfather). The local Buddhist monks showed up and made prayers for safe voyages to heaven. It was beautiful to see the shoreline at night, but... as you may imagine, the problem was almost all the ships once pushed into the ocean came back to the shore by the next morning and people had to clean these up ;). I remember I had to get up early in the morning for work (which I hated.. haha..). I think people do not do this anymore. I recall burning the ship ( created for my dad) at the shore in late 90's. We do not live in Minabe anymore but hope to visit there sometime in the future and have dinner at Ginchiro ;)
Originally SINNTOU which there was and the Japanese Buddhism that mingled, and accomplished an original conjugation. The tray has each regionality more, and there is the place doing that it is different from this video. There are more areas that do not do the act to be said to be ショウロウナガシ either
Thankfully we can know through the Holy Scriptures about life after death. Jesus came to give life. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Gospel of John 3:16
Though there are many Christian people in Japan, the majority are Buddhist. The religion, as a whole, is older than Christianity, and has been in Japan longer than. Christianity has.
Thank you for allowing a glimpse into your culture.
Another Obon is upon us. For the next 3 days I will be praying for my wife's spirit to return home and be with us here. I miss her greatly and think about her every day. Please see the light honey and come home...
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beautiful. thank you for sharing. my mother is Japanese and this helps me to understand our culture more.
2:43 I was not prepared for this much thanking
me too!
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Thank you for a pleasant, beautiful video.
Amazing and touching. Thanks for the video.
In India there is a time period called " pritpaksha" when family members make all the food that their parents(ancestors) liked when they were alive and serve it to the crows.
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Hatsubon is always an emotional time for families ><
Thanks to Thomas Shomaker for making this.
This is just fascinating as hell, especially the amazing shinto prayer. Truly just.....amazing.
It's like you can feel 'something'. inexplainable really, but if someone had a gun to my head and I had to answer then and there to the question of life after death, or if there's a God, I would say "Yes" without hesitation. Let's say this person, hypothetically, knew the true answer and you had to get it right or you died. I would still answer yes. Every part of my being tells me there's something more.
Scenario above is completely hypothetical, of course, I'm just using it to make a point. Also, this is irrelevant, but I say this with the deepest respect to all those who partake in this festival as a Christian. No denomination.
Not Shinto prayer, Buddhist prayer.
It's Buddhist, not Shintō.
I really liked it! :) But what if there's no river, lake, sea or sth like that? o.O
they also use fire as another medium to get them back to their realm. Lots of festival burning bonfires around Japan at this time.
I love this........the real Japan.
Thank you so much for this video. Why did you choose Wakayama? I want to go there.
Hi J G, this is Thomas Shomaker. I made this video in 2012 in Wakayama-ken because that is where my wife is from. The main character is my wife's grandmother and it is in memory of her husband (my wife's grandfather). Thank you so much for watching. I live in Tanabe City now so if you ever pass through there or Wakayama Prefecture hit me up! edit.shomaker@gmail.com
I am from Minabe, Wakayama(approx. 20min drive from Tanabe city), but it has been more than 2 decades since I moved to the US. Just happened to see your video. Thank you! In the 70's, for Hatsu bon (1st bon ), people used to make wooden small ships with lanterns attached, put things the deceased loved in the ship (such as cigarettes, a small bottle of Sake etc..), and push the ships into the ocean. I remember, my dad took his shirt off and went into the ocean with the ship(made for my grandfather). The local Buddhist monks showed up and made prayers for safe voyages to heaven. It was beautiful to see the shoreline at night, but... as you may imagine, the problem was almost all the ships once pushed into the ocean came back to the shore by the next morning and people had to clean these up ;). I remember I had to get up early in the morning for work (which I hated.. haha..). I think people do not do this anymore. I recall burning the ship ( created for my dad) at the shore in late 90's. We do not live in Minabe anymore but hope to visit there sometime in the future and have dinner at Ginchiro ;)
Originally SINNTOU which there was and the Japanese Buddhism that mingled, and accomplished an original conjugation.
The tray has each regionality more, and there is the place doing that it is different from this video.
There are more areas that do not do the act to be said to be ショウロウナガシ either
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is it only celebrated in coastal towns?, if not how do towns far from the ocean do the lantern ceremony
they use rivers and ponds around. And also use fire as another medium to get the ancestors back to where they are from
This similar to Dia de la Muertos.
Thankfully we can know through the Holy Scriptures about life after death. Jesus came to give life. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Gospel of John 3:16
Though there are many Christian people in Japan, the majority are Buddhist. The religion, as a whole, is older than Christianity, and has been in Japan longer than. Christianity has.
Why are you talking about Christianity here? Are you trying to say that Christianity is the best? we don't like that.