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yaycheese · 5 months

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KYOTO Shijo West - Kohchosai (bamboo items)🪑 - Weekenders Coffee☕️ - Daishodo woodblock prints🪑*** - Isoya (veggie focused izakaya) 🍗** - Bungalow (yummy izakaya) 🍗** - Bar rocking chair 🍺 - Calvador 🍺 - Ki no bi🍺 - Nishiki market / Aritsugu 🔪 - Nishiki market / Kitchen shop Kawataki🪑*** - Mumokuteki (Large homewares shop) 🪑 - Muku / teramachidori (ArchDigest reco) 🍵 - Wakabaya (ceramics) 🍵 Gion - Shinmonzen-dori (antique shopping) 👺*** - Maiko antiques 👺 - Kishin kitchen (Japanese breakfast) 🍗 - Bar Talisker 🍺 - Birdland (piano) 🍺 - Kyoto Handicraft center 🪑*** - Black cat lemonade 🍋*** - Jazz spot yamatoya (12-10p)🎵*** Philosophers path - Kanaamitsuji (metal strainers) - Kodaiji temple🪑 - Kiso artech (wood items) 🪑 - Brown eyes coffee☕️ - Suirokaku water bridge🏛️*** - Ofuda👺👺👺👺👺👺👺👺👺👺👺👺 Kyoto station - Kurasu (Coffee) ☕️** Sannenzaka - Otowa Waterfall (longevity spring water) 👺*** - Kiyomizu dera (large wooden structure) 🏯 - Arabica ☕️ - Nittodo☕️🪑*** - Unir coffee (has flan, cakes) ☕️ - Koma Gallery Coffee☕️ - 高台寺中谷本店 (chinaware)*** - Minatoya Yurei Kosodateame Honpo (spooky candy) 🍬 - Ichinenzaka street - Kongoji temple # TOKYO Daikanyamacho / Nakameguro - Tempura Motoyoshi Imo (micheline star takeaway tempura sweet potato)🍵 *** - Drip☕️ ** - Jasmine Yi Jiang Nan (Chinese)🍗** - Monkey Cafe & Boutique ☕️* - Café Façon Roaster Atelier (small roaster) ☕️ * - Debris (event venue, check calendar) 🎵 - Maison Kitsune (nice interior) 👚 - Minä Perhonen (nice interior)👚 - Udatsu Sushi🍗* - Kinto (tableware)🪑 - Tableaux (jazz lounge) 🎵 - 3110NZ (modern gallery) - Tam (used clothes)👚 - Lanterne (modern izakaya)🍗 Harajuku and Omotesando - Binowa cafe (canneles)☕️ *** - Funktique - vintage👚*** - Ragtag - vintage👚*** - Kinji - vintage👚** - Rakeru - omurice🍞*** - Cafe Mameya ☕️*** - No.501 - natural wine shop 🍺*** - Roastery ☕️ - Local coffee stand ☕️* - Cafe Reissue ☕️** (3D latte art) - Double Tall - near hotel ☕️ - Pain Au Soirire - near hotel 🍞 - Chatei Hatou ☕️ - Chachanoma 🍵 - Cibone + HAY🪑*** - Spiral Market🪑*** - Found MUJI🪑*** - Nihonbashi Kiya (Tokyo plaza Shibuya)🔪*** - Kihara🪑*** - Grapevine by K3 👚 - Boutique Takenoko 👚* Aoyama / Roppongi - Aoyama Farmers Market (Sat+Sun 10-4)🥕*** - Jazz House Alfie 🎵 ** - Sakurai (Tak) 🍵* - Spiral (Tak) * - Down the Stairs (Arts & Science)🍗* - Cusavilla (italian, lunch available) 🍗* - Butagumi 🍗 - Kyu Yasui cocktails🍺 - Bunon (japanese vibe) 🍺 Ginza - Chuo Dori (no cars Sat+Sun 12-5p)*** - Okuno Building (many galleries)🛒*** - Yurakucho food stalls (below station built into brick arches) 🍗** - Chukasoba Ginza Hachigou (French-trained ramen) 🍗** - The Stand (Yurakucho) 🍗** - Heart's Light Coffee ☕️* - Dover Street Market 👚* - Daimaru Department Store 👚 - Itoya 🛒 - Chanoha - in a mall 🍵 - Tachigui Sushi Akira🍗* - Shibire Noodles Rousoku-ya (Chinese-Japanese ramen) 🍗 - Higashiya (sweets and tea) 🍵 Akihabara - Chuo Dori (no cars Sunday 1-5p) - Tonkstsu Marugo (pork cutlet)🍗 Misc - Gotokuji temple (lucky cat temple) ⛩️** - Manhattan (Asagaya) tiny jazz bar with Thursday 19h jam sessions 🎵** - Gout de Jaune 🍺 - Vineria Il Passaggio (bread with faces) - very small 🍺 - Tanakaya Liquor Store🍺 Shibuya - Shin-pachi Syokudo (breakfast)🍗 *** - Heart's Light Coffee ☕️*** - Nojima (yellowtail bowl) [Kei]🍗** - Body & Soul Club 🎵** - Ahiru Store 🍗🍺* - SG club🍺*** - Libertin (natural wine) 🍗🍺 - Fuglen ☕️** - Tamotsu (ramen) [Kei] 🍗 - Watarium museum (contemporary) [Tak] - Nezu museum (traditional) [Tak] Shinjuku - Edomae SS (4000 JPY counter sushi) 🍗*** - Bar Benfiddich 🍺*** - Akomeya 🛒** - Jazz Bar Samurai 🎵** - Bar Hermit 🍺* - Zoetrope 🍺 - Don-Don Yakiniku 🇯🇵 * - Jazz SPOT Intro🎵 * - Shinjuku Pit Inn 🎵*

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thejapanhaul · 10 months

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This is a Rei pin I got from a gacha vending machine at Gotokuji Station

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iriseperiplotravel · 1 year

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Alcune foto della nostra giornata, Gotokuji tempio dei gatti al ragno di Roppongi, la Tokyo tower e infine al Taito station Game 😅 #gotokuji #roppongihills #spider #taitostation #tokyotower #tokyotokyo #japan #iriseperiplotravel #traveljapan #japantravel #travelblogger #travelphotography (presso Tokyo Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co5tpB5SbI0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#gotokuji #roppongihills #spider #taitostation #tokyotower #tokyotokyo #japan #iriseperiplotravel #traveljapan #japantravel #travelblogger #travelphotography

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lagycart · 1 year

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tokyo tohoku trip - day 11.

today, i am going to explore a new area in the day, around shimokitzawa. this is my first time coming to the part of tokyo, and i wanted to visit the totoro cream puff store, but i found out that they were closed. so instead, i found a cafe nearby shimokitazawa station - tekion 料理と暮らし適温 to have breakfast.

this cafe has the minimalist style design and i ordered the toast with sunny side egg and salad with black coffee. the ambiance here is actually quite relaxing and i like that there’s huge windows to be able to just enjoy looking outside.

after breakfast, i went to quiet but beautiful gotokuji temple 豪徳寺 not far away for a short walk. the whole temple has autumn leaves everywhere, it’s really beautiful and just awesome for photos. the temple area also has a lot of cat statue (maneki neko) which is the unique point, you can also get a cat charm as souvenir. it’s just so cute, so beautiful, so peaceful, i do enjoy my time exploring the area. it’s definitely worth visiting.

for lunch, i decided to go to a curry place - soup curry ponipirika ポニピリカ, which is a cozy eatery on the second floor, and it’s really popular as i waited for about 10 minutes to get a seat. they serve the hokkaido style soup curry instead of the thick curry, and you get to customize the ingredients you want in your curry. i ordered the extra vegetable option with chicken drumstick and rice. all the ingrdients are lightly fried so it has a crispy layer which is enjoyable. the soup curry is flavorful but light, it does go very well with rice. the customers here are mainly tourists as i found most tables asked for the english menu. if you like curry and want something light weight, this is worth trying.

after that, i just walked around the area for a bit, there’s a lot of interesting stores with very unique decorations, and if you love second hand stores, this place has so many of them. i stopped by flipper’s for tea time and ordered their souffle pancake with strawberries and tiramisu cream. the pancake took a while to arrive as the cooking takes time. it’s so fluffy and light weight, it’s very enjoyable, even the cream is really light and strawberries are so nice too, finished this in no time as it taste so good and so light.

before leaving shimokitazawa area, i went to an egg specialty store - とよんちのたまご which is popular for their egg pudding and other egg products. i bought two puddings for my friend and i, and one tamagoyaki for the next day when we will be eating at home.

as the day passes, i make my way back to tokyo again, and decided to stop by the line friends store in harajuku to check the place out, there was a super long queue when i went there on sunday, good thing it’s not as packed on a tuesday. everything in the store is 50% off as the store would be closed by end of the year, so i bought a huge binini plushie and a small brown plushie. i wanted to get more but luggage space has limits. =(

after that, i went to roppongi midtown garden ミッドタウン・ガーデン to meet my friend for the winter illumination show. the light show is quite enjoyable with the different colors and music and animation. all the trees nearby the area has lights so it’s quite beautiful to walk around and take photos. after that, we moved to the roppongi hills main road, which is a super popular spot for winter illumination as well, this place is packed with people trying to take photos.

for dinner, my friend with her friend and me, went to another izakaya style restaurant - まめや, which has a rather unique menu as well. we ordered a few appetizers with various type of potato and stuff, sashimi, tofu, fried vegetables and chawanmushi. the food are all local ingredients, many of which, i have not seen before, but they taste so good with simple way of cooking. sashimi is fresh and enjoyable as well. chawanmushi is just so soft and fluffy and there’s anago inside to make it flavorful. the ambiance in the place is also very cozy with a friendly owner, we even receive a small towel as gift when we leave.

we make a brief stop at khadono for drinks before going home. this place is famous for their curry, they also have food trucks in other areas. the drinks selection here is really nice, they also had kombucha for non-alcoholic option and they make their own milk soft serve too. my friend are close friends with the owner of this place so they did have a good time catching up as well.

heading home after the drinks, it’s already quite tiring even though it’s not a super packed day, i still did walk a lot at shimokitazawa. after a hot bath and some tea to unwind, that is the end of another good day.

to be continued...

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quinttee · 1 year

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Quinton’s Animation Extravaganza 603

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Rocket Meeting No. 25

I was enjoying my day with Miyako and Fluttershy. I wondered what Team Rocket had accomplished since I last saw them, so I decided to schedule another meeting. We all met at our usual spot in the basement of the Game Corner in Celadon City. I started the meeting by mentioning that there was a Team Rocket radio station based in Mahogany Town and recommending it to my followers. Musashi and Kojiro still had yet to find out about Poita’s Fantasia project and were wondering if it was still in progress. I told them to continue being patient, as I had been. Yamato and Kosaburo revealed that the Kirby anime was getting a Blu-ray release in Japan. I wondered if they included all the next episode previews, but I decided to just wait and see. The rest of the meeting went well and I enjoyed listening to what my followers had to say. When I got back to Gotokuji Manor, I socialized with my dad and his family. I mentioned that my fellow Powerpuffs and the Mane Six were supposed to celebrate Thanksgiving with us the next day, just like they did the previous few years. For the rest of the day, Miyako, Fluttershy and I kept an eye out for Black Magma’s next Monger.

#AnimationExtravaganza

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howwelldoyouknowyourmoon · 2 years

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First criminal trial of a front company of the Unification Church of Japan to be held – for doing ‘Spiritual Sales’

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Red Flag newspaper

Trial of the Fortune Telling fraud to be held

Part ①

First criminal trial of a front company of the Unification Church of Japan to be held – for doing ‘Spiritual Sales’

September 1, 2009 (Tuesday) [Society] Edition B (14)

The first criminal trial (“Shinsei” case) to judge spiritual sales will be held at the Tokyo District Court on the 10th. The defendants are Shinsei, a limited company that sells seals, and two executives. It is a front group of the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (Unification Association). The Unification Church’s method is to hide their true identities and approach people. Health foods, Buddhist altar fittings, jewelry stores, and even volunteers. How far can the court dig into that scheme? (Mutsuo Kakita)

“Shinsei” is mainly active around JR Shibuya Station. He called out to passers-by, invited them to his office under the guise of a fortune telling, and threatened them by saying, “You are at a turning point,” or “You have a connection with your ancestors, and you will be unhappy if you continue like this.” I was made to buy a set of 3 for 160,000 to 1,200,000 yen.

There are cases where people say, “That’s God’s advice. You have no choice but to donate,” when you lose your key. Since 2000, it is believed that about 2,000 cases and 670 million yen have been earned.

The investigation also revealed that Shinsei was the collection department of the Unification Association, and that the president, Naoki Tanaka, reported business to the cult leaders.

“Shinsei” is a branch organization of a cult called a sales company. Under the headquarters of the Unification Association of Japan (Shoto, Shibuya-ku), there are “regions” that divide the country into more than 10 regions. “Shinsei” belongs to the “South Tokyo Parish”.

▲ National Federation of Bar Associations called for “the clarification of the full extent of the incident” at a press conference held on July 28.

The Nationwide Spiritual Sales Countermeasures Lawyers Liaison Association (National Federation of Lawyers) has over 240 sales companies nationwide through damage consultations. Seals, medicines, jewelry, paintings, Japanese clothes, and many other signboards, all of which are disguised (dummy) organizations of the Unification Association. Even if the products we deal with at the entrance are different, from there onwards we will follow the same course as Shinsei.

So far, criminal cases of spiritual sales have been limited to informal fines. This is the first time he has been tried in public court. In order to avoid clarification of the organized nature of the crime and the flow of money, the defendant’s side seems to be aiming to admit all the facts of the indictment and bring it to an early conclusion. Attorney Hiroshi Yamaguchi, secretary-general of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, points out, “It is the responsibility of the judiciary to clarify the background of the case.”

________________________ The “Shinsei” Incident In June, the Public Security Department of the Metropolitan Police Department searched the Tokai Kyokai Shibuya Church (Shibuya Ward, Tokyo) and the Gotokuji Church (Setagaya Ward), etc., and found the president Naoki Tanaka, director Junichiro Furusawa, and a female salesperson of the seal sales company Shinsei. Three people were arrested on suspicion of violating the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (intimidation, embarrassment). In July, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office indicted both Tanaka and Furusawa as Shinsei. The remaining three have been sentenced to fines.

(to be continued) ________________________

September 2, 2009 (Wednesday) [Society] Edition B (14)

Trial of the Fortune Telling fraud to be held

Part ②

The true aim is “faith” education

There is compelling physical evidence that proves that the spiritual sales of the defendants Naoki Tanaka, who is responsible for the seal sales “Shinsei”, are organized activities of the Unification Association, and what their real intentions are.

From the end of 2002 to around January 2003, I took notes from an internal study session held at the East Tokyo District of the Unification Church. Obtained by Kinkoku Spiritual Sales Attorney Association (National Federation of Bar Associations).

Approximately 30 young women (middle-aged female believers) from Edogawa Church in Tokyo attended. The lecturer was defendant Tanaka. Defendant Tanaka belongs to the South Tokyo Parish, which has jurisdiction over Shibuya Ward and other districts. Kim Kokubenren believes that the reason why he was a lecturer in the East Tokyo Diocese was that his achievements in the “Shinsei” were highly evaluated.

According to the notes from the lecture, Tanaka emphasized that “before we sell (seals), we are religious people and evangelists.” It is “seed planting” that makes people buy seals, and teaches that “how to plant good seeds, and if you plant seeds of good motives, faith education. There is no need for difficult things.”

Grab a person’s heart with a fate appraisal, make them buy something, and put them in a video center (often disguised as a power lecture center), a brainwashing educational facility. They are made to make donations under various pretexts, experience the restoration of their husbands (making their husbands join the faith), the restoration of all things, the blessing, and so on, and are transferred to the “frontline forces”. This is a curriculum that turns spiritual sales “victims” into new “perpetrators.”

The “restoration of all things” that appears in the curriculum is an important doctrine of the Unification Church. The Spiritual sales is also rationalized in that any method can be an act of salvation because it “returns” property that belongs to Satan (devil = ordinary citizens) to the original owner, God (ie Reverend Sun Myung Moon).

Similarly, “blessing” refers to group marriages (mass weddings) that symbolize “sex” with the guru. Married people will be sent to the “ready-made blessing”.

Spiritual sales are “activities to restore all things”, and “part of religious activities or missionary activities” (September 1999, Hiroshima High Court Okayama Branch) have given such judgments many times.

“The ‘Shinsei’ who was indicted was not that conspicuous,” said Hiroshi Yamaguchi, a lawyer at the Kim Guo Bar Association. In 2008, 43.55 million yen was reported to the National Federation of Bar Associations, and in June of 2009, 36.73 million yen had already reached 36.73 million yen at sales companies in Tokyo alone, including Shinsei.

not proofed: Chart caption: Spiritual sales damage consultation window by a sales company in Tokyo. Most of the victims are sent to video centers for brainwashing education.

(to be continued)

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September 3, 2009 [Society] Edition A page 14

Trial of the Fortune Telling fraud to be held

Part ③

Infiltrating civil society in disguise

The Unification Association is a “disguised (dummy) group”. Camouflage is not limited to sales companies (stores) of spiritual sales. They are infiltrating civil society under various disguises.

“Tanpopo”. We are a volunteer circle in Adachi Ward, Tokyo. Fundraising activities under the guise of supporting elementary school students in China and the Philippines, cleaning up the Arakawa riverbed, and cooperation with festivals and events in the ward. Some ward council members participate in the activity.

The office of “Tanpopo” is located in an apartment in Senju, the same district. The structure allows access to the 2nd floor and the 1st basement floor from the outside stairs, and on the 2nd floor is the Unification Church “Adachi Church”. The salon-style basement floor is a brainwashing educational facility called a video center. There are also related facilities on the 3rd and 10th floors.

Adachi Church is the base of the North Tokyo Diocese. There is a women’s section, a youth section, and a sales company, and “Tanpopo” is one of them.

“I’ve even received a letter of appreciation from the organizers of the event in which Tanpopo cooperated,” said a woman who joined the church in 2004 and was a member of the church’s commuter organization “Bigin” until she left the church in 2006.

160 people belong to “Bigin”, which means that they continue to work in the Unification Association while living a citizen life even after joining the faith. It seems that there were beauticians, nursery teachers, doctors, nurses, and teachers.

“Please show me your palm for a reading,” solicited on the street. Participated in local festivals under the name of “True Family Federation”. It is said that she once stood at the station as a campaigner for the Liberal Democratic Party and Democratic Party candidates in elections.

Holding a jewelry exhibition and a kimono exhibition in cooperation with a spiritual sales company. It seems that the jewelry exhibition has achieved the sales target of 7 million yen.

General youth and housewives groups who saw the event information sometimes joined the “Tanpopo” volunteer activities. One of my activities was to expand my sympathy with these people and invite them to seminars held by the Unification Association.

National organizations disguised as volunteers are “Nonohanakai” and “Shinzen.” A few people sleep in a van and go door-to-door to sell delicacies and donate fakes. According to people involved, daily sales are around 40,000 to 50,000 yen. It seems that it will be 1 million yen per month for one person.

The Principle Study Group (CARP), which is active in the name of a university circle, the Women’s Federation for World Peace, the International Relief and Friendship Foundation, the Little Angels, and the Universal Ballet... They are all camouflage organizations of the Unification Church.

(to be continued)

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September 4, 2009 [Society] Edition A page 14

Trial of the Fortune Telling fraud to be held

Part ④

“Fate” that attracts believers

“Back talk”. It is a talk manual that draws the target person into spiritual sales and further tailors it to a believer. Also known as “fate talk”.

“First, we will make you feel the “spirit world” in the video center. Spiritual shows on TV can also be props. On top of that, the talk is as follows.

▽ Life consists of life in the womb in the mother’s body, life on earth, and life in the spirit world that continues forever. Life on earth around 80 years is a preparation period for going to the spirit world.

▽ The spirit world has heaven, intermediate spirit world, and hell, and which spirit world you go to depends on how you live on earth. Heaven means “the country of two,” and “couples who have completed true love” (those who have participated in a mass marriage under Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han) can go there on earth.

▽ Those who have gone to hell cannot go to the upper spirit world on their own. This is because “sins committed on earth must be atoned for on earth,” and the spirits of hell “seek salvation from their descendants on earth.”

If you go back two or three generations, you have many ancestors. If you do not accept the teachings of the Unification Church during your lifetime and release (rescue) the spirit world of your ancestors who went to hell, you and your family will be miserable. Buddhism’s “ancestor memorial service” is nothing more than comfort. Then a psychic from the Unification Church appears and tells them, “You, the tribal messiah, should offer all your blood, sweat, and tears to God (the holy Sun Myung Moon).”

The story is that believers who are in a state of mind control save their ancestors in hell, earnestly donate to avoid their own hell, and work hard at the spiritual sales.

The Unification Church will issue providences (instructions) for donations to believers under various pretexts.

A collection of Sun Myung Moon’s sermons, called the “scripture,” costs 30 million yen per volume. Getting them to buy this is also a task of “amnesty” to get God’s special permission.

In a civil lawsuit (Sapporo District Court) in which a former member sought compensation for damages, among the evidence submitted by the plaintiff, there is an internal document called “Seihon Aikoku Amnesty Course” (February 27-April 20, 2000).

As of April 14th, there are 11 “Sacred Book Victory Counts” in the three parishes of Hokkaido. According to the plaintiff’s attorney, Seiji Goji, this is the sales record. It is 330 million yen for 11 books.

The internal document “Significance of the Scriptures” reads as follows.

“This ‘40-Day Amnesty Course’ and the ‘Holy Book’ providence is that we must win even if we sell the entire Japanese archipelago.”

(to be continued)

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September 5, 2009 [Society] Edition A page 14

Trial of the Fortune Telling fraud to be held

Part ⑤

Damage of 1 trillion yen when it sprouts

In July, immediately after the prosecution of the “Shinsei” group, the National Network of Lawyers Against the Spiritual Sales (National Federation of Lawyers) established the “Spiritual Sales Code 110”. Four phones keep ringing. In three hours, 39 consultations were received, and the amount of damage was 200 million yen (including 26 cases of Unification Association, 170 million yen).

Attorney Hiroshi Yamaguchi said, “It was more than I expected. I was keenly aware of the amount of potential damage.”

In 2008, the National Network of Bar Associations compiled a total of 1510 cases of 3.7 billion yen in damage consultations nationwide. Since 1987, the total number of valve consolidation has reached 30,000 cases and amounted to 106 billion yen.

“This is the number of people who realized they had been deceived and brought in for advice.” It’s just the tip of the iceberg. What is the actual damage?

There is an internal document of the Unification Association dated May 1, 2007. This is a list of the amounts paid to the headquarters from 72 parishes nationwide on this day.

Nishi-Hiroshima parish was ranked first nationwide with 98 million yen. 76 million yen in West Tokyo, 67.8 million yen in Hyogo, and 2.6 million yen in the Iwate parish, which is the lowest. It is unknown how many days it took to collect this.

There is a statement submitted to the court by a man who joined in 1995 and left in 2007, as well as internal documents. Since 1998, he has been in charge of general affairs in a prefecture in Kyushu (one parish in the prefecture as a whole). He was in charge of distributing the amount of money instructed by the headquarters through the region (area headquarters) to the affiliated areas and transferring the collected money to the headquarters.

The remittance was made to a related building near the headquarters of the Unification Association, and the recipient name at the time was “○○ Bank Hideo Oyamada”. He served twice as chairman of the Japan Unification Association from 1994-95 and 2001-06. It is said that he once packed a bundle of 50 million yen in bills in a rucksack and carried it to headquarters.

Among the documents submitted to the court, there is a monthly summary table collected by this prefecture through donations and spiritual sales from 2004 to 2006. In 2004, 1,314 million yen was sent to headquarters. 1.2 billion yen in 2005, 770 million yen in 2006. According to another source, this prefecture’s remittance record is about one-fifth of all parishes. That’s the amount.

It’s been nearly 30 years since spiritual sales became a social problem. “Actual damage will exceed 1 trillion yen,” said Masaki Kito, a lawyer at the Zenkoku Barren. At a press conference ahead of his first criminal trial, he pointed out:

“It’s too late to investigate, but we have to stop the damage in the bud here. We’re at the stage where the government is responsible for neglecting it.”

(End)

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Head of the Unification Church of Japan to step down after losing a CRIMINAL case (2009)

裁かれる霊感商法統一協会ダミー初公判ヘ

#spiritual sales #UC of Japan #scam #Unification Church #Sun Myung Moon #Hak Ja Han #FFWPU of Japan

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tokyo-camera-style · 5 years

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Seen: 「愛のバルコニー」Balcony of Love

Who: 荒木経惟　Nobuyoshi Araki

Where: JCII Photo Salon, Hanzomon Tokyo (map)

When: January 7 - February 2, 2019 (Open 10-5pm. Closed Mondays)

The Japan Camera Industry Institute owns a building located in Hanzomon near the British Embassy- inside are lecture halls, a classrooms, small gallery spaces, and a library with 38,000 photobooks. (If “JCII” sounds familiar it may be that you’ve seen small golden stickers on Japanese cameras from the 1950′s - 1980′s that say “JCII Passed”. (Read this for the history of these labels). The JCII Photo Salon is a terrific throwback to late twentieth-century Japanese photo culture- they hold exhibitions of their collection of Japanese photography all year, one photographer at a time.

The sense of Showa-practicality that the venue possesses gives each exhibition equal importance- regardless of the photographer they all get a bunch of their photos put in the same frames on the same black-cloth-covered walls. Nothing flashy about it- there’s nothing to boost or detract from the work. Or to suggest what it’s worth- I’ve been to some shows here and made a quick estimate of what the prints might be worth on the fine art collector market- If this was anywhere else but Japan a gallery showing the work they do might need to invest in some security. Since this is Tokyo however, the nice older lady at the counter suffices.

The gallery has started 2019 with Balcony of Love by Nobuyoshi Araki. It collects about eighty silver gelatin prints of photographs taken on the veranda of his previous apartment building near Gotokuji station from the mid 1980s to 2011. The work is fantastic- it goes to show how photographers don't need to go far for good pictures. Sometimes all they need is step out the door. Or have Robert Frank come visit.

Per usual JCII exhibition custom a small paperback catalog in the identical format and dimensions as all of their previous ones to commemorate the show- it’s modestly priced at a mere 800 yen.

#荒木経惟 #Nobuyoshi Araki #Tokyo Photo Note #JCII Photo Salon #Hanzomon #Tokyo #Japan

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asiaphotostudio · 2 years

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Tokyo, 1990 Yamashita Station, Tokyo, Japan 日本東京東急電鉄世田谷線山下駅 Photography by Michitaka Kurata

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jubikoi · 4 years

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#gotokuji #setagaya #tokyo #japan #havingagulpinjapan 🥤 (at Gōtokuji Station) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8dcIfeBoaiixcxMfGBVunljhRlHbYfRRePOac0/?igshid=6gl8x1i8ow4t

#gotokuji #setagaya #tokyo #japan #havingagulpinjapan

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colorblindtyedye · 7 years

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Japan

So as some of you may have gathered from either my Subeta status or being on my Facebook or seeing a few things I’ve posted here and there -- @haganeart and I are taking a long overdue, much anticipated, once-in-a-lifetime trip this fall to Japan!

We have been talking about doing this for the 13+ years we’ve been together, and finally last year we said “We just need to do it.” So we are. We’ll consider it a combination late honeymoon (because we never went on one!) + early 10th Anniversary trip.

We leave from Seattle on Thursday, October 5th. We’ll be taking a really quick flight to Vancouver, BC, and then flying nonstop from there to Tokyo Narita -- it will be about a 10 hour flight. We’ll arrive on the 6th, since we pass the international date line and all.

We are spending time in Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, and Osaka, with a daytrip to Kishi/Wakayama. Among other things, we will be...

- Going to both Tokyo Tower and Tokyo Skytree (though not going to the observatory in Tokyo Skytree because it is a ripoff) - Going to the Ghibli Museum (we already got our tickets!) - Going to both the Shinagawa Aquarium in Tokyo as well as Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka (WHERE I WILL SEE WHALESHARKS) - Visiting multiple temples and shrines, including but not limited to Gotokuji (the Manekoneko temple!), Meiji Jingu, Fushimi Inari Taisha, and Kiyomizudera - Feeding deer in Nara Park - Going to a cat cafe of sorts called Nekobukuro which utilizes an amazing pun for its name and makes me v. happy -Taking a day trip to Kishi in Wakayama Prefecture to visit Kishi Station, the home of Tama the Stationmaster Cat. - Spending way too much money at Pokemon Center Megatokyo - Eating all the things

So yes! Pretty exciting stuff happening in /less than three months holy what/. Needless to say, we are both ridiculously excited. If anyone has suggestions of places we -must- visit (or eat at, yum), do let me know!

#personal #japan 2k17

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asterinjapan · 7 years

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Of Buddhas and cats (or: black and white)

Hello again after a hot and surprisingly long day in Tokyo!

After getting up so early yesterday, I set my alarm for 8:15, mostly so I could wash my hair before breakfast (which ends at 9:30). I was too tired to actually get up at that time however, so I decided to never mind and just be in time for breakfast.

It was very hot today, right from the early morning onward. The weather forecast had predicted a cloudy morning and sunshine later, and you can usually count on the Japanese weather forecast to be more-or-less reliable, so I just assumed it would be. Time to visit some outdoors locations it was!

I picked the locations I needed non-JR trains for, since I have a JR pass I can use starting August 2, so it’d be a bit of a waste to go to places by JR train if I can do it later for free. And hey, it helped me narrow down my options for today. I decided to take the Tobu Tojo line first, to Shimo-Akatsuka. I had found this location on a random website, which I had open on my cellphone because long live the modern age and free wi-fi, haha. The website instructed to leave the station, turn left, and then walk for 20 minutes straight until there was a plate pointing at the Botanical Gardens. Those are instructions even I can’t mess up on, and indeed, after walking for about 20 minutes I ran into the plate.

No, I wasn’t actually going to the Botanical Gardens. The temple I intended to visit is Jorenji, except it’s apparently such a frequently visited spot that they didn’t even bother with separate street signs for it, pfff. There are some hints, though – a nearby street is called Tokyo Daibutsu, and there’s a noodle shop with the same name. Hmmm.

Anyway, right at the turn for the botanical gardens, I ran into the temple entrance I was looking for. If you know a little Japanese and/or listened to my ramblings in previous years, you might already know that Daibutsu means Great Buddha, and that’s exactly what I came here for. Now, in the cities of Kamakura and Nara are giant Buddha statues that are incredibly famous and well-known, but until I clicked that website, I had no idea Tokyo even had one of its own. Granted, it’s way more recent than the aforementioned ones, but still! You’d think they want to cash in on giant statues, but nope, entrance was free. (This is pretty surprising since usually you have to pay to visit temples, even if it’s just 100 yen or something. The very famous and popular ones can go up to 1000 yen. For reference: 100 yen is slightly less than 1 euro.) And after climibng the stairs to enter through the gate, you only had to turn right to spot the Buddha of Tokyo. It’s much taller than I thought, I think it’s like 13 meters tall? It’s actually the third largest bronze Buddha of Japan, apparently. It’s hard to see on the pictures though, so I tried to take a picture with someone else in it for reference. That’s harder than it sounds, because this temple is not exactly as busy as Nara or Kamakura. Which is a shame, because the area is quite lovely. The (black) Buddha statue sits on a lotus, and there are actually artificial ponds nearby with lotus flowers! There’s also an actual pond with koi fish, and quite some statues to discover. It’s not a huge area, but since it’s not super busy, I’d definitely recommend this visit from Tokyo. The only drawbacks are the walk (if you’re walking in 32 C with the sun burning it’s not quite comfortable, let me put it that way) aaaand well, if you go in summer with the bugs buzzing and a pond nearby…. Yeah, bug bites. My legs kinda look like battle zones at this point, oops.

I braved the walk and kept to the shadows, but I was glad I had brought my fan with me today, because phew, it sure was getting hot, especially after two slightly cooler days. Anyway, thankfully the train back to Ikebukuro was airconditioned, so I could cool down a bit as I decided where to go next.

I had lunch at Ikebukuro station, for which I was looking for a specific food stands, but I couldn’t find it anymore because it turns out I’d walked too far and ended up in the wrong warehouse. Yeah, that’s right – Ikebukuro station has at least 3 different warehouses, all at least 8 stories high. My hometown barely has one warehouse, and this is inside a station. I really felt like a country bumpkin, being amazed over that, haha.

Anyway, by then I’d made my decision about where to go next. I first went to Shinjuku station (yaaay, my favourite – it’s so huge it’s almost impossible to not get lost) to transfer to the Odakyu line. That’s the line that goes all the way to Odawara (on the way to Hakone), but I had the local version of it, which stops at every stop including the one I needed: Gotokuji.

Gotokuji is also the name of the temple I was going to visit, but apparently that didn’t matter enough for them to put up plates, pff. Luckily, Google maps came to my rescue! It led me straight through the neighbourhood, but let me tell you: if you want to visit this temple, be sure to type in Gotokuji ENTRANCE in Google maps. I just typed in Gotokuji, which led me to the temple alright – except it was to one of the three (out of four total) gates that was closed. Turns out I had to be on the entirely other side of the complex, which isn’t exactly small. In the summer heat…

Eventually I found the one entrance I could use, and I noticed some more tourists now, surprisingly many foreigners. The temple complex looks very normal, until you take a closer look at the pagoda: it has tiny cats carved in it. And if you turn right there, you will see exactly why this temple in the middle of a normal neighbourhood still draws in foreign tourists.

You see, this temple is famous for one thing: beckoning cats (maneki-neko). The story goes that the temple used to be very small, owned by a poor monk and his cat. One day a group of samurai passed the temple, and the cat beckoned for them. They found this so peculiar that they followed to cat inside, and then thunder struck (according to some stories, it struck the exact tree they’d been seeking shelter under). One of the samurai then donated tons of money to the temple, making it prosper and making the beckoning cat a symbol of bringing in prosperity. Or well, good business – which is why you’ll often see them in front of Japanese restaurants in the west.

So, one beckoning cat. Naturally a statue was made, and then another, and then another, because everyone wanted a cat to place at the temple to bring good luck. And now, there are literally hundreds to thousands of tiny to not so tiny white cat statues, all exactly the same savev for their size, neatly set up in this small area. Tons and tons of cats all beckoning. No points for guessing what everyone came to see, haha.

There’s a bit more to the complex, as it’s also ‘just’ a Zen temple (and you’re not allowed to actually enter a Zen temple, so the cats are the biggest draw to this complex). And of course, there’s a little shop where you can buy a cat of your own and put it with the rest outside (or you know, keep it because it’s cute – shush, the money gained from the sales goes directly into the temple anyway). I got a couple, mooched off the wi-fi to send some pictures home, and then slowly started to make my way back to the station.

This was only a ten minute walk, but I was still glad once I hit the station, what with the heat. Back in Ikebukuro, I ‘just’ wanted to check one store, but I ended up shopping for like an hour, haha. In the end, my feet started protesting quite a bit, so I got dinner and called it a day. (I actually wanted to do karaoke, but meh, I still have 2 full weeks left, so I will soon enough).

So here I am, fresh out of the shower and preparing for tomorrow, when I’ll be meeting up with my Japanese friend again to go to Ueno. In the evening, we’ll attend the Sumidagawa hanabi – the fireworks of the river Sumida. When I went there in 2010, a million (!) people did the same, so it’ll be quite a bit busier than it was today, haha.

Well, off to bed now, good night and see you tomorrow!

#report #japan 2017 #report: japan 2017

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angelakao · 7 years

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My Tokyo Weekends

July 2019

Ramen in Shinagawa Station

Matsumoto Kiyoshi

Path Brunch

Gotokuji

Midori Kaiden Sushi Shibuya

Shopping - Tokyu Hands, Ainz&Tulpe

RMK

MegaDonki

Mori Art Museum

Shake Shack

Muji Shibuya

April 2019 Weekend

Shiba Koen

Tokyo Tower

Midori Sushi Katsu Kaiten

Shopping: Loft, Cosme, Ainz and Tulpe, Matsumoto Kiyoshi

Chidorigafuchi

Yayoi Kusama Museum

Restaurant You Ginza

Iron Fairies Bar

Meguro River for Sakura

Ramen Base Made by Ippudo

Workers Coffee

Conrad afternoon tea

Izakaya Juban Ukyo

Takeshita Dori

Omotesando

Ivy Place Brunch

Sensoji Temple

Some sushi place in ginza

Shinjuku Kabukicho

Shinjuku Omoide Yokocho

Cafe Hatake (uni pasta)

Restaurant Yakiniku Baru Maru

Lake Kawaguchiko Fufu Resort

October 2018

Marriott Ginza

Breakfast?

Matsumoto Kiyoshi

Flipper Pancake

Shopping?

Conrad afternoon tea

Sushi Shimizu

Sushi Arai

Sushi Zanmai or Midori

Team Lab

Ramen - Ichiran, Rokurinsha

Mugi to Olive

April 201

Tonchin Ramen

Mercer Brunch

Arakuyama Sengen Park

Fuji Viewing with late sakura

Omoide Yokocho

Gaigai dinner with friends

Factory & Labo Coffee Shop

Don Quijote

Wagyyumafia

Ukaichikutei

Coffee Supreme

Nezu Jinja

Mutekiya Ramen

November 2018

Shima Steak

Roppongi Hyatt

Domo Cafe

Harajuku Mirrors

Gomaya Kuki

Mori Art Gallery

The Prince Gallery Kioicho, afternoon tea

Drinks with Karen

Shake Shack

Sushi Zanmai

Sushi Kannesaka

July 2017

Breakfast at the Ritz Carlton in roppongi

Meiji Jingu-Mae shrine, Kiyomasa-ido especially

Grab a coffee at Mameya, wander the alleys of Omotesando

Lunch at Matsuei Sushi in Ebisu

Late night dinner at Uobei Sushi

Drinks at Trunk Hotel's bar

Brunch at Trunk Hotel

Coffee at harajuku Mojo coffee

Lunch at Sushi Ko in Ginza - soooo good

Breakfast ramen at Ichiran Sushi

Afternoon tea back at the Ritz

Sit at the Starbucks in Shibuya and watch the scramble crossing for a bit

USAGIZA Bakery - the bakery where they serve bread toast in the shape of bunnies

Tokyo Whiskey Library

Drinks at the Cicada restaurant patio

Fuglen Coffee

Gourmet Food Basement at Isetan Shinjuku, but the good u want to eat, head up to the Isetan roof to eat :)

February 2017

Late night dinner at Ittou Ramen (rank 2 or 3 in the Tokyo Ramen charts)

Coffee and pastries at Mandarin Oriental hotel

Get a sunset shot of the Sky Tree from the Mandarin Oriental hotel bar

Morning walk around Imperial Palace Gardns

Brunch at Bills Ginza, get pancakes

Ushigoro yakiniku (Japanese BBQ) - amazinggggg

Pan to Espresso (bread and espresso) cafe

Tokyo Go-Kart, Mari-Kart Tokyo city tour

Shopping in Ginza

Manten Zushi

One night trip to Hakone

open air museum hakone

hakone jinja

stay at Gora Kadan hot springs

November 2016

Andaz hotel stay

Brunch at Andaz hotel

Floresta Nature Donuts

Reissue Cafe Harajuku

Afternoon tea Aman hotel

Shop around Aoyama

Nezu Meseum

Commune 251

Hanamuro Kaiten Sushi

Gaien Iccho Namibiki (ginkgo leaf row)

Yurakucho Muji

Shibuya Loft

Cafe Gram Pancakes

Yakumo Ramen

Eggcellent Brunch

Lunch at Google Tokyo

Rikugien Park

April 2016

Downstairs Coffee

kudanshita - cherry blossom viewing

Yasukuni Shrine

Tsukemen Michi

Ginpachitei Yazawa Soba

N3331 Cafe, Akihabara (cafe between two train lines)

Parabola Wine Bar (it's just ok here)

Strawberry shopping in Isetan Shinjuku, loooong for Sky-berries, a famous brand of strawberries

Takano Fruit Cafe

Coffee Valley, Ikebukuro

Shopping in underground malls of Tokyo Station

Ikeuchi Towels

Feb 2016

Royal Garden Cafe Shibuya traditional Japanese breakfast

Cafe Kitsune

Totoro pastry bakery

Aoyama Flower Cafe

Starbucks Harajuku for the cherry blossom special cups

Tsuta Ramen

Akiba-Fukuro Owl Cafe

Harajuku Takeshita Dori

Pompompurin Cafe

#travel #Tokyo #Tokyo weekends #lightning round #weekend getaway #travel ideas

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