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Animated Spirituality
Japan's spiritual traditions are everywhere -- even in your favorite anime shows.
Sep 8
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Hiroko Yoda
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August 2025
Spiritual noodles
The city of Miwa is home to a ritual where commerce, cuisine, and kami intersect
Aug 16
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Hiroko Yoda
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NYC, again!
Anime as a window to Japan's spirituality
Aug 14
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Hiroko Yoda
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July 2025
Nakama
A story about unplugging and reconnecting in the mountains
Jul 27
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Hiroko Yoda
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June 2025
Sightseeing with the Dead
Visiting graves can broaden horizons
Jun 25
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Hiroko Yoda
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May 2025
Searching for a Lost Kami
An adventure on San'in's Mount Daisen
May 29
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Hiroko Yoda
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April 2025
Eight Million Ways to Happiness
Announcing my new book, coming out later this year!
Apr 28
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Hiroko Yoda
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“Ikigai” vs. Ikigai
The long strange trip of a word from Japanese to English and back again
Apr 9
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Hiroko Yoda
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March 2025
The Priest of Japan's Forbidden Zone
Remembering the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
Mar 11
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Hiroko Yoda
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February 2025
Flying plums, crying plums
What to do when there's nothing to do?
Feb 22
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Hiroko Yoda
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Setsubun: the oni within us
Sometimes, you can make friends of monsters
Feb 2
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Hiroko Yoda
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December 2024
Endless Christmas Eve
The surprising reason Japan celebrates Christmas Eve instead of Christmas Day
Dec 23, 2024
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Hiroko Yoda
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