HeyJaredGrooving with Kami
Shinto priest based in Osaka, Japan. Sharing the beauty of rituals, nature, and the rhythms of the kami.
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- 12
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- Sep 28, 2026
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- Jul 6, 2026
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And Now: Shelves え、棚？ (opens the original)
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A Chopstick Floats Down the River (opens the original)
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A Horse Falls Through the Roof of Heaven (opens the original)
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This is the third installment in a series about Susanoo, one of the best-known and most beloved kami in Japanese mythology. I am a practicing Shinto female priest, and as you may have noticed by now, I am extremely fond of him.So far, Susanoo has been born, wept endlessly because he wanted to see his mother, and been banished by his father. He then went to Takamanohara to bid farewell to his elder sister, Amaterasu, challenged her to an ukehi, and won. Carried away by his victory, he destroyed t
I Broke My Left Front Tooth for an Ukehi (opens the original)
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When I was in fourth grade—yes, exactly that age when boys would come to school in summer wearing swimming goggles—I fell off the stage in the school gymnasium and broke one of my front teeth.This did not happen in the middle of some ceremony, or during a concert. It happened during the ordinary lunchtime cleaning period.I was a mischievous child, and I had been playing sword fights with the boys on the stage, using mops and brooms. Suddenly, I made a declaration:“If I can walk to the edge of th
Susanoo Cries Enough to Dry Up the Sea (opens the original)
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