#nachi falls

[inefekt69]

Nachi Falls - Wakayama, Japan

[zegalba]

Sumio Goto: Nachi Falls (1987)

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Seiganto-ji temple and Nachi Falls, Japan 

Photo by: @kohki

[elinerlina2]

Nachi Falls, Japan

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A Japanese-language pamphlet from Seigantoji Temple (青岸渡寺) in Nachi Katsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, featuring the temple’s three-storey pagoda and Nachi’s sacred waterfall

Acquired at the temple March 5, 1994

[pepperbag76]

Nachi Falls - Wakayama Prefecture

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Via japandailies

[nixieofthenorth]

Red Temples & Shrines in Japan, Moodboard

[japanicus-nerdus]

Photo of the Day: Skyfall

Taken at Nachi Falls on the Kumano Kodo. The white clouds blend in with the foam of the waterfall so it appears the sky is becoming the waterfall. For more images like this please visit my personal gallery at https://peregrinationsjapan.picfair.com/

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My Wish is to Fall In Love Until You Die by Aono Nachi

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YURI POLL ROUND 2

NOTE: My wish is to fall in love until you die contains depictions of violence, as well as character death. Reader discretion is advised.

[yurimother]

Dystopian Yuri Series 'Kimi ga Shinu made Koi wo Shitai' Licensed in English

During its panel at Sakura Con, Kodansha USA announced that it has licensed Nachi Aono's fantasy Yuri tragedy series I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day (Kimi ga Shinu made Koi wo Shitai), also known as My Wish is to Fall in Love Until You Die. The first volume will be released in February 2025.

The publisher describes the series:

At the mysterious orphanage where Sheena lives, death is nothing new to its residents—girls who no longer have families of their own, who are raised as weapons of war, taught to kill and take the lives of others without batting an eye. Everyone, that is, except Sheena, who wishes for nothing more than the growing conflict around her to end. On the night of her roommate's death, Sheena meets a strange girl covered in blood, who smiles despite the turmoil surrounding them. The next day, the girl appears as a new student in Sheena's class and introduces herself as Mimi. Initially thought to be a school myth, there are now whispers in the orphanage's halls that Mimi is their secret weapon—an immortal who cannot die. When Mimi is later assigned as Sheena's new roommate, Sheena's world grows even more complicated when she begins living with someone who loves and welcomes death, when all Sheena wants to do is stop it…

The manga is serialized in Comic Yuri Hime in August of 2018. The seventh collected volume was released in Japanese by Ichijinsha in February. It is highly praised for its characters, romance, and difficult story that highlights the horrors and cruelty of war. In 2021, it won first place in the story category and third place overall in Yuri Navi's Yuri Manga Sousenkyo popularity poll.

You can check out I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day when it releases in English next February.

Source: Kodansha Website

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An English-language pamphlet from Seigantoji Temple (青岸渡寺) in Nachi Katsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, featuring the temple’s three-storey pagoda built in 1972 to replace one burned down in the midst of warfare in 1581

Acquired at the temple March 5, 1994

[r--kt]

Okay, but why the "Kannabi" Bridge? I mean, why is this called that? Turns out, this is an amazing and very beautiful metaphor.

Kakashi Gaiden analysis. Kannabi — the bridge between two worlds

I will look at this from the side of Shinto culture (based on the materials that I could find, feel free to correct me if you know more about this) and from the side of Kakashi and Obito's storylines.

Contents | cultural code · significance for the plot structure · the idea itself (this one is really important!)

Cultural code

In Shinto culture, it is not customary to divide the world into human and sacred, especially into divine and demonic principles — everything exists in harmony with each other, in a single system.

Kannabi (神奈備) refers to a region that is a shintai (repositories in which kami reside) itself, or hosts a kami. In fact, Kannabi is a place of connection between the human and the spiritual. Usually these are mountains, rivers, and forests that stand out for their beauty. These are such accumulations of natural energy, so sacred that their presence requires observance of a certain rite. So, if in relatively modern times be present next to the blossoming sakura, picnics in picturesque mountains and the like has normalized in Japanese culture, then in ancient times people did not dare to disturb mountains or groves with their presence. In such places, people performed rituals of worship to the deity, wrestling matches, divination, sacred dances, offerings, etc. The territory of the kami did not completely coincide with the territory of worship to them, people still tried to move away from the center of the sacred place so as not to bother their deity. To mark the border of entry into Kannabi, symbolic gates were installed — most often in the form of torii.

examples of kannabi in real life. Mount Fuji and Nachi Falls. [ as I understand, shintai and kannabi are synonymous concepts, but kannabi is broader in meaning. ]

It's all about how important the term is in a cultural context. A place of divine power that cannot be desecrated. From here, the Kannabi Bridge and the surrounding area can also be considered endowed with divine energy — and here the most interesting thing begins.

Significance for the plot structure

Now about the scenario composition. In general, the Battle of Kannabi, as the event itself in Kakashi and Obito's storylines, according to Joseph Campbell's «hero's journey», is a stage of transition between worlds. That's what the symbolism of the place also works for. This is the moment when the hero assumes responsibility for the beliefs he carries and their consequences, and literally or symbolically crosses the threshold between the safe and familiar world to the dangerous and unknown one, embarks on the path of reflection and prepares to meet the unconscious.

Thus, briefly speaking, Kakashi finds the strength to resolve his internal conflict in favor of his father's attitudes about the value of each Shinobi, and Obito sacrifices himself, protecting his loved ones and defending his ideals. Then their paths got separate so that each one could face with the unknown by himself.

In the context of the monomyph model, this is how the beginning of the initiation stage is demonstrated (i.e., the transition from one state to another, which is accompanied by some kind of ritual). Since Kannabi in culture is the boundary between the human and the divine, it can be concluded that this very transition is shown almost literally, thanks to the sharingan awakening and the broken tanto. This is the first turning point in history, structurally coinciding with the end of the first act.

The idea itself

And what do we see in general? In the battle of Kannabi, the religious Shinto subtext is vividly read. For the battle in a sacred place, the moral positive change of the hero (Kakashi) or his original courage (Obito) and a certain sacrifice (Kakashi's eye), the deities give a reward: the power of sharingan, which helps them save Rin, which is shared between Obito and Kakashi and in the future generally serves as a direct demonstration of the spiritual connection between them. At the same time, for the desecration of a sacred place (the goal of the mission was to blow up a bridge), heroes are punished: from this point of view, Obito's death is a certain sacrifice for the damage inflicted on the deity.

There is also information that the name of the bridge - Kannabi-kyo (神無毘橋) - can also be interpreted as «A bridge where the gods won't help». idk if it's true, but sounds cool.

Moreover, the very name of Obito's mangekyo — Kamui (神威) — literally translates as «The Power of Gods». Perhaps it is based on the mentioned concept of the place where Kakashi and Obito received the power of sharingan. And maybe that's why they call the technique the same way: because they treat it rather with such a religious meaning.

and thanks for reading to the end ♡

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Beauty Of Universe

The tallest waterfall in Japan with a single uninterrupted downstream, is the Nachi Falls. Also part of the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range .