8. november 2025 | 7 minutter
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Tusen takk pa denne interessant video. Jeg ogsa elsker naturen og ofte ga i fjellet og skogen naerheten av hjemme min i Akiruno, en sma by ligger i vest Tokyo.
Sorry for my poorly written response. I’ll write the rest in English. This was a wonderful video, and the second you flashed the shot of the lake, I was instantly transported to the lakes in Wisconsin and Minnesota that my family went to in the summer time. You also got my attention when you brought up the Japanese view of nature. Having lived in Japan now for 22 years, I have come to appreciate it all the ways in which it stresses how we as human beings need to coexist with nature and “accept” it.
One interesting contrast between traditionally Christian Western nations and Japan in regards to their respective views on nature is vividly reflected in their places of worship. Churches bring people inside, separating them from nature and keeping the elements out. In Japan, both temples (Buddhism) and shrines (Shinto) are situated on open grounds that incorporate the natural elements. Worshippers are kept outside in the elements and are rarely granted access inside the structures. You can hear the singing of the birds as you walk down the main path, feel the wind blowing, and see the clouds passing over head. Many shrines and temples have what is called a “shinboku”, or sacred trees, and these are believed to be the dwelling places of divinities. The incorporation of these natural elements within the temple/shrine grounds is reminder that there is no separation between humankind and nature.
Japanese worldviews have also traditionally accepted the two different faces of nature: the malevolent side made manifest in natural disasters that wreak destruction, and the benevolent side that brings bounty. Japanese scholar Takashi Umehara highlighted this point in his writings. I covered that concept in something I wrote years back for my bilingual blog.
https://akiruno-life.hatenablog.jp/entry/2017/09/10/171306
I wouldn’t mind seeing more of these videos in the future. Keep up the good work.
Tuten takk for denne videoen, jeg synes også at naturen er veldig viktig og dessverre ødelegge vi fortsatt mye av den. Vi forstå åpenbart ikke at naturen er livsgrunnlaget vårt.
Hilsen Elisabeth