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Journeys in Japan
Season 13 · Episode 13
Yamagata: Communing with the Living and the Dead
0.028mJuly 5, 2022
Japan's indigenous belief called Shinto worships 8 million deities. Its imported Buddhism addresses the afterlife. Throughout the ages, people have turned to different gods for different occasions. On Journeys in Japan, we encounter rare religious objects venerated in the Murayama region of Yamagata Prefecture.
Episodes
- Episode 1Yamanobe no Michi: Strolling Back Into the Past
- Episode 2Hamamatsu: From Local Expertise to Global Renown
- Episode 3Matsusaka: Legacy of Samurai, Merchants, Artisan
- Episode 4JAPOW Magical Backcountry Ski Tour
- Episode 5—Festivals— A Harbinger of Spring
- Episode 6Hearing the Silent Voice of the Bedrock
- Episode 7Eyeing Architectural Wonders
- Episode 8Nagasaki: City of Hills and Hope
- Episode 9Eternally Radiant Himeji Castle
- Episode 10Maniwa: Living from the Forest
- Episode 11Breathing New Life into Iwaki
- Episode 12Exploring the Mudflats of the Ariake Sea in Saga
- Episode 13Yamagata: Communing with the Living and the Dead
- Episode 14Suzuka: City with a Racing Circuit
- Episode 15Iriomote: Pursuing the Elusive Jungle Cat
- Episode 16Shinhama, Sendai: A Green Sea Wall for the Future
- Episode 17Tamba-Sasayama: Inn to the Heart of a Village
- Episode 18Okinawa: Weaving Culture
- Episode 19Peak Pleasure in the Northern Alps
- Episode 20Midsummer with the Ancestors: Wakasa Town
- Episode 21With Isabella Bird: On the Road to Nikko
- Episode 22Tochigi: Destinations of Timeless Calm
- Episode 23Spirited Away to Tono
- Episode 24Hakone Hachiri: Highway Back in Time
- Episode 25Kumamoto: Castle Town Loves Its Past with Eye on the Future