JL123 Anniversary Reflections Following on from my post reflecting on the Hiroshima atomic bombing anniversary and my post reflecting on the Nagasaki atomic bombing anniversary, this is the third of four posts that I will do on…

JL123 Anniversary Reflections

#Japan #JL123 #JAL123 #Uenomura #Gunma #Osutaka #OsutakaNoOne #JA8119 #IreiNoSono #Memorialisation #PlaneCrash

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The 39th Anniversary of the JL123 Crash Today (12 August 2024) is the 39th Anniversary of the JL123 (also commonly referred to as 'JAL123', 'JA8119', or 'Osutaka') crash. As with the last few years, I watched the live stream of the memorial...

The 39th Anniversary of the JL123 Crash

#Japan #JAL123 #JL123 #Osutaka #Uenomura #IreiNoSono #御巣鷹 #上野村 #慰霊の園

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日航機事故ご遭難者三十九周年追悼慰霊式

#JAL123 #JL123 #Osutaka #Uenomura #IreiNoSono #御巣鷹 #上野村 #慰霊の園

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The Osutaka Pilgrimage – Irei-no-Sono (Photo in “Japan: The Basics” (2nd Edition)) Japan: The Basics contains many photographs (all taken by me) to help with the discussions in the book. I have previously done individual posts on each of the photos that were in the first edition tha...

The Osutaka Pilgrimage – Irei-no-Sono (Photo in “Japan: The Basics” (2nd Edition))

#Japan #JapanTheBasics #Photography #Uenomura #Gunma #JAL123 #JL123 #Osutaka #OsutakaNoOne #PlaneCrash #Memorialisation #Pilgrimage #OsutakaPilgrimage #IreiNoSono

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The #JL123 memorial service at Irei-no-Sono will be broadcast live on YouTube.

#JAL123 #Uenomura #IreiNoSono

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Ofuda and Tanzaku Following my previous post about omamori, I am going to write about ofuda and tanzaku in this post. Like my previous post, this post is inspired by an episode of the ‘Uncanny Japan’ pod…

Ofuda and Tanzaku

#Japan #Culture #Religion #Ofuda #Tanzaku #JAL123 #OsutakaNoOne #Osutaka #IreiNoSono #Uenomura @UncannyJapan

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Omamori – ‘Lucky’ Japanese Amulets Like my previous post (The ‘Uncanny Japan’ Podcast and Culture Shock), this post is inspired by an episode of the ‘Uncanny Japan’ podcast. This time it was Episode 43 Tsuno Daishi: The …

Omamori – ‘Lucky’ Japanese Amulets

A post inspired by an episode of @UncannyJapan

#Japan #Omamori #Amulet #LuckyCharm #Religion #JAL123 #IreiNoSono #Uenomura

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Favourite Places in Japan: Ueno-mura Today I got a message from Facebook reminding me that three years ago I was in Ueno-mura (上野村), so it seems an appropriate time to continue with my posts about favourite places in Japan. I’ve…

Favourite Places in Japan: Ueno-mura

#Uenomura #上野村 #Gunma #Japan #JAL123 #Osutaka #Ireinosono #Research #Mountains #メロディーライン #JapansTibet #Writing #Running #FavouritePlaces

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Remembering the Flight JL123 Crash (2): Irei-no-Sono Further to my post about Osutaka-no-One, in this post I will write about Irei-no-Sono (慰霊の園), the memorial to the victims of the JL123 crash, which is located in central Ueno-mura (and not at the f…

Remembering the Flight JL123 Crash (2): Irei-no-Sono

#JAL123 #JL123 #IreiNoSono #Uenomura #上野村 #JA8119 #Japan #DarkTourism #Memorialisation #PlaneCrash #Bereavement

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