Vol.19
Forest of Thought
Every Spelling of Kamimusubi in One Search｜A Homemade Deity-Name App for Shrine Journeys
Even after visiting nearly a thousand shrines, the lineage of a god is hard to grasp at once from the name of the enshrined deity. Kamimusubi alone is written Kamimusubi, Kanmusubi, and Kamumusubi. So I developed my own app that detects every variation of deity names in one pass. I develop while traveling.
Kunitsukami Project
The COMT Gene of the Japanese Is Val-Dominant｜Warrior and Worrier as a Western Yardstick
The COMT type differs by population: in Japan about 46% are Val/Val and about 10% Met/Met. The ancestral type shared with chimpanzees is Val. The Western yardstick that calls Val the "warrior gene" and Met the "worrier gene" is looking in the wrong place somehow.
KINEMA 2400
Koji Wakamatsu's Pink Films and the Red Bus Screening Troupe｜Three Routes to the Freedom to Be Screened
In 1960, Shochiku cut off the screening of Nagisa Oshima's Night and Fog in Japan without notice. Those who sought the freedom to be screened found three solutions. Ride a different network, like Koji Wakamatsu. Build your own network, like Ogawa Productions' independent screenings and the Red Bus Screening Troupe. Or team up with adults who hold a network.