#Kanda Shrine

[ether-blooms]

Chiyoda/Akihabara

(& Pokemon Cafe 😝)

[araiwatal]

新しい動画アップしました。 早朝の秋葉原の様子です。 後���は鉄分多めになります。

秋葉原の夜明け 【フィールドレコーディング 音と風景 サウンドスケープ】 ASMR

I've uploaded a new video. This is what Akihabara looks like in the early morning. The second half will be mostly about railways.

Akihabara Dawn [ field recording | sound & vision | soundscape | landscape ] ASMR

[sournote2014]

Otome Zenigata with visions. The one with the shaved head is Kodo Nomura's coin-throwing detective, Zenigata-Heiji, the shrine is Kanda Shrine, near where Heiji's headquarters are, the coin represents a coin-shaped sand sculpture on Ariake Beach, and the man with the mustache is the head of the ECC, the European Customs Center, in a 'Lupin III Part 2' episode. This coin-shaped sculpture on Ariake Beach is known as the Zenigata-sunae.

[petkaleks]

Kanda Myojin Shrine, Akihabara 神田明神 #akihabara #jinja #tera #temple #japan #kanda #shrine #myojin #tokyo #traditional #history #神田明神 #秋葉原 #東京 #伝統 #神社 #お寺 #寺 #夜 #япония #традиции #акиба #токио #храм (at Akihabara, Tokyo) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cne68XJhtjy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[shinseihajime]

I went to a shrine called "Kanda Myojin" the other day. The time is night. Kanda Myojin Shrine is a 10-minute walk from Akihabara. If you have a chance to come to Akihabara, please stop by. It is beautiful at night when it is lighted up just a little bit (^ ^)

camera : Panasonic DMC-G5

lens : Panasonic Lumix G Vario 14-42mm F3.5-5.6

Aperture : F3.8

Focal length : 16mm

ISO : 1000

Exposure : 1/60sec

Shinsei.Hajime (flowcode.com)

[aishiteru-kenshin]

Daikoku Matsuri | だいこく祭

January 15th — January 16th

People from all over Japan visit Kanda Myojin Shrine to make wishes for the new year. They ask for everything from a happy home to commercial success and new relationships — not necessarily romantic ones, but stronger and happier ties to others.

The Daikoku Festival is held close to Coming-of-Age Day, a holiday held in honour of those who just turned 20 years of age. At the Daikoku Festival, a Shinto dancer dresses as Daikoku, the deity of fortune, and greets new adults by shaking his lucky mallet above their heads.

[japaneseaesthetics]

Utagawa Hiroshige: Sunrise at Kanda Myōjin Shrine

[cochart]

One thing that struck me as interesting recently is the almost unreasonable trust people have for ChatGPT.

Recently, I ran across a Youtube video where the creator was talking about how she asked ChatGPT this and that and how convenient it was. This was strange to me as a simple Google search is able to do the same thing.

For example, this is what I get when I search a question "Is Rigel hotter than Betelgeuse?" Google tells me that indeed Rigel is hotter than Betelgeuse. It also tells me that the info comes from the New Mexico State University website which I'd say is pretty trustworthy. So I don't see how using ChatGPT to ask such questions is easier or faster.

But there is a difference--that difference being that with ChatGPT, you're being "told" the information. Basically, you feel more catered to. When you use Google search, you feel like you're foraging for information. When you use ChatGPT, you feel like you have an assistant. There is a feeling of having something mysteriously intelligent answering your question for you.

I've also seen people who post delighted screenshots of ChatGPT telling them something they wanted to hear whether it's a snarky remark about their ex-boyfriend or a smart-ish commentary on sexism. People are free to find enjoyment in anything as long as it doesn't hurt other people, but what I found so interesting was how happy these people were that it was ChatGPT that told them this or that. It's one thing to feel happy and encouraged by a specific engineer you admire saying that she wishes for a future where more women enter STEM, but why does it matter if a machine-learning algorithm spews out a sentence--probably synthesized from millions of words it scraped from people who said something similar--that you like? How is it more meaningful than, say, a fortune you randomly drew?

Here's fortune that I drew. It's from Kanda Shrine if I remember correctly. It says I'm very lucky moneywise. My friend made fun of me saying that the fortune was correct because I didn't find any merch I wanted on that day which meant I spent much less than I planned to. Anyway, ChatGPT saying whatever means no more to me than a random fortune I can buy from a shrine. I'd even say it means less than a fortune from a shrine since a shrine at least has some cultural significance. Also, it might mean something for spiritual people (Perhaps ChatGPT fans are techno-spiritual?)

My conclusion is that we shouldn't let techbros fool us into thinking that these algorithmic tools are intelligent in any capacity. The language surrounding these tools treat them as though they're independent, intelligent entities which they're not. I know a lot of my followers--you Tolkien fans--are passionate about language, so you'd know what I'm talking about. Language is a powerful tool. Right now, it's being used to mask the theft and lies of these tech capitalists. But we shouldn't let ourselves be fooled.

[shintoinenglish]

Scanned a flyer from Kanda Myojin shrine. Sorry about the fold mark.

[holespoles]

Carrying a Lantern Decorated with a Pavilion, Gohei, Flowers, and Fan (Sekiguchi-cho Rosoku-cho no banto), from The Festival of the Kanda Shrine, by Kiyonaga Torii, 1779

鳥居清長「神田御祭燈」

[city-cost]

The first order of business for many workers in central Tokyo upon their return to the office after the year-end holidays on Thursday was to visit Kanda Myojin shrine and offer prayers for good fortune in business for the year ahead. 

[adachimoe]

Persona 5 IRL Stuff

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The entry and exit to each floor of Mementos is based on the appearance of train stations, and the stamps you collect for Jose are seemingly the game's version of train stamps lol.

I'm not sure if this is still true, but train stamps were introduced to me as something that smaller kids will collect when they travel with their families, so it makes sense to me that the NPC associated with them is also a kid. As an adult tourist, I've never bothered with train stamps cause you really have to go out of your way to find some of them and when I'm at a train station my ass is trying to go somewhere lol. I suppose that even in real life, some of those stamp locations must feel like they're random spawns.

I have absolutely bothered with red shrine seals, though. Maybe Persona 6 will have the protagonist collecting those.

Ryuji takes you to a ramen restaurant in Ogikubo. Based on it being in Ogikubo and the appearance of the restaurant in-game, it's modeled after Marufuku Chinese Noodles near Ogikubo Station. The sign in-game just says "Chinese Noodles" without the store name. I'm not sure if this is a famous restaurant or maybe it's just one that Atlus employees like to eat at lol.

Ryuji also takes you to a monjayaki restaurant in Tsukishima during his Confidant. You go to Tsukishima specifically because Tsukishima has a line of restaurants called Monja Street that specializes in, you guessed it, monjayaki.

Akechi introduces you to a jazz bar in Kichijoji called Jazz Jin. The outside appearance seems to be based on Some Time which is also located in Kichijoji. Only the outside resembles what's in-game, though. The inside is different.

Yongenjaya isn't a real place in Tokyo, but it seems to be a renamed version of Sangenjaya - san means 3, yon means 4. I've not been to Sangenjaya, though I've heard that details like the laundromat, even down to the vending machine, looks nearly the same as it does in-game. (If you are interested in doing Persona 5 tourism around Tokyo, I've heard that the Sangenjaya locals do not appreciate Persona 5 tourism or related loitering in this area.)

Shibuya Station is pretty much accurate with how it is IRL. The green train car that you visit Tora at has been moved since the game came out, but the dog statue of Hachiko (or Buchiko as its known in game) is there, the 1000 stairs you climb to get to the Ginza Line, etc, is also all accurate.

When you touch base with Ohya, you unlock Shinjuku. The movie theater in-game is called Cult 9, which is based on an actual movie theater in Shinjuku called Wald 9. The other areas in Shinjuku seem to be a condensed version of Kabukicho (or Kamurocho, if you've played Like a Dragon).

Futaba wants to go shopping in Akihabara and Nakano. Akihabara you've probably already heard about as Nerd Haven. She also talks about visiting Nakano, likely to go shopping at Nakano Broadway which is home to a bunch of Mandarake 2nd hand anime/etc goods stores.

The "huge pancake" that Morgana was talking about is how Tokyo Dome looks from the outside. The pancakes he's comparing it to are the thicc souffle-style fluffy jiggly pancakes that you can get at various restaurants. (Also probably what Akechi thinks of when he hears delicious pancakes lol.)

The other areas and things, I'm really not sure there's much to say about them.

Ann takes you to Harajuku cause she wanted to eat sweets (this is really relatable btw)

Meiji jingu is also real and located near Harajuku

The buffet Ann takes the guys to is the Marble Lounge, but I believe it's since been remodeled

There's multiple museums in Ueno

There's a Catholic church in west Kanda but afaik the inside looks different than in-game

Inokashira Park is real and has swan boats and stuff

Ikebukuro's planetarium is in Sunshine City Mall

Chinatown is real but it's much further than the map makes you think (it's in Yokohama)

Odaiba Seaside Park is another real location

Miura Beach is also real, way down south past Yokohama

Jimbocho is indeed where you'd go to buy books

etc etc etc

[lunawings]

While I was in Japan in March 2024, I revisited some of the classic Love Live pilgrimage sites. Well, the UDX building is right outside Akihabara station and you can't miss it, but Honoka's house and the famous idol stairs by Kanda Shrine are a little out of the way. I haven't been to these sites in... almost ten years?

I was a very different person back then. I'd only been into idol stuff for less than a year, and yet it was already a big part of my life. Still, I had no idea just how much bigger it would become...

At that time, I huffed and puffed up these steps and decided I did not have the endurance to be a real idol and would just stick to PriPara.

Since I feel differently now, I had to give them one more try...

[sournote2014]

Ten years ago today, Gorō Naya died at the age of 83.

This is a sketch of Kōichi Zenigata standing next to the memorial of his ancestor, Zenigata-Heiji, which is located near Kanda Shrine in the Akihabara area. The area it stands in is even coin-shaped ("Zenigata" means "coin-shaped").

[tokyowalking]

Kanda Tokyo

神田　東京都🇯🇵

Kanda Nishikicho is a district located in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan. It's known for its historical significance and traditional atmosphere. The area features various old buildings, narrow streets, and a mix of residential and commercial spaces. It's also close to notable landmarks like Kanda Myojin Shrine and Akihabara, the electronics and anime district.

[the-cricket-chirps]

Kawase Hasui

Kanda Myojin Shrine

c. 1926