[devicenull]

i contend that Yoshikazu Okada is insane, and that japan is much better off without religion. oddly enough, the only religious (christian) japanese i meet (rare) are never good conversation and are also rather fanatical about religion... kinda like koreans. mature cultures dont need religion :P

[tidbits]

When I went to Kashmir Srinagar, I visited the (claimed to be )Tomb of Christ. I don't read the bible, and don't know which country Jesus was supposed to be buried. I just felf strange to see Jesus Tomb in a muslim's place.

http://hamsa.org/resurrection.htm

http://www.tombofjesus.com/JesusRoute.htm

[kotatsuneko]

when i pick up a travel book / reportage piece on japan, its pleasant to see this gem isnt covered.. i always wonder why journalists/writers dont keep check of what their peers / predescors have already written about and then go off and research/ write about something new..

its a shame that most of the better writers on japan are somewhat too advanced in age to go cavorting around for unreported aspects / "mysteries" / legends to debunk..

watching that trivia show last night, was suprised that the sumo judge and urashima taro items got mentioned, thought they were common knowledge..

btw Ultra, your new pic looks scarily like a new half m bison... (cowers!)

[Taro Toporific]

Here's a good overview with a couple twists to Japan-esus.


When Jesus walked in Japan
While the thoughts of the world's Christians turn to events in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago, the inhabitants of a little village a few hours' drive from Tokyo prefer another version of the Greatest Story Ever Told.
15 December 2004 / independent.co.uk
... "Then we heard about these ancient scrolls that said Jesus had come to Japan, and we put everything together."
The documents, said to be written in archaic Japanese, were discovered in the hands of a Shinto priest outside Tokyo in 1935 and were claimed as Christ's last will and testament, dictated as he neared death in the village. The originals were destroyed during the war, but a copy of the scrolls sits in a glass case in the Shingo museum, brought to the village by Banzan Toya, a nationalist historian who said they referred to two burial mounds that had been in the hands of a local garlic-farming family called Sawaguchi for generations.
The key to deciphering the mystery lies in the cultural climate of the time. In 1935, Japan was dominated by an extreme, militaristic ideology. Like Germany in the 1930s, much of Japan's finest brainpower was expended in an effort to prove racial and cultural superiority over the hordes in Asia, leading this almost exclusively Shinto and Buddhist country up some odd intellectual avenues. It was during this period that another document was uncovered, "proving" Moses had come to Japan and been presented with the Ten Commandments, and the Star of David, by the Emperor.
Banzan Toya became a one-man industry in this effort to place Imperial Japan at the centre of the world's great religions. The day after he found the "Tomb of Christ" in Terai, he also "stumbled" on the remains of one of Japan's seven ancient pyramids nearby, which, he claimed, predated the Egyptian version....
....Japanese chocolate makers, jewellers and hoteliers have re-branded Christmas into a kind of Valentine's Day with bells on. Hyped by television, which features tales of romantic alliances transformed by the "miracle" of Christmas, this is now the time of the year when it is uncool to be without a date. Today's younger set knows the season only as an opportunity to shop, eat and - for many - lose their virginity. Come Christmas Eve, many of Japan's hotels will be packed with fornicating couples, which may not be what Jesus of Shingo had in mind when he left his little brother hanging on the cross....

[Ketou]

It was during this period that another document was uncovered, "proving" Moses had come to Japan and been presented with the Ten Commandments, and the Star of David, by the Emperor.

And why not? The Emperor is the son of a god too!

The day after he found the "Tomb of Christ" in Terai, he also "stumbled" on the remains of one of Japan's seven ancient pyramids nearby, which, he claimed, predated the Egyptian version....

But of course! Surely it was here that civilized society first began.

[dimwit]

Here's a good overview with a couple twists to Japan-esus.


When Jesus walked in Japan
While the thoughts of the world's Christians turn to events in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago, the inhabitants of a little village a few hours' drive from Tokyo prefer another version of the Greatest Story Ever Told.
15 December 2004 / independent.co.uk
... "Then we heard about these ancient scrolls that said Jesus had come to Japan, and we put everything together."
The documents, said to be written in archaic Japanese, were discovered in the hands of a Shinto priest outside Tokyo in 1935 and were claimed as Christ's last will and testament, dictated as he neared death in the village. The originals were destroyed during the war, but a copy of the scrolls sits in a glass case in the Shingo museum, brought to the village by Banzan Toya, a nationalist historian who said they referred to two burial mounds that had been in the hands of a local garlic-farming family called Sawaguchi for generations.

You can go ahead and look for Jesus' grave outside Tokyo. I'm going to spend the holidays on a much more profitable venture looking King Solomons Mines in the mountains of central Shokoku.

[Mulboyne]

[GuyJean]

Ashland Daily Tidings: Did Jesus settle down in Japan?

Holy Shit! Taro is Jesus!!

Hey Mully, I can't believe you read the Daily Tidings!.. I think I used that as mulch for my ganja plants back in the day.. Produced some of the stickiest Endica.

GJ

[Greji]

Holy Shit! Taro is Jesus!! GJ

It is my understanding that after that remark by GJ, Jesus went back into the cave, pulled the rock back in front of the entrance, while mumbling something about "ain't nothing I can do for these dudes".

[GuyJean]

It is my understanding that after that remark by GJ, Jesus went back into the cave, pulled the rock back in front of the entrance, while mumbling something about "ain't nothing I can do for these dudes".

I thought it was, "Forgive them. For they know not what they do.".. Or was it "who" they do?..

GJ

[Taro Toporific]

Holy Shit! Taro is Jesus!!

[SIZE="6"]There goes Tokyo!

GO GO GOJIRESUS!
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Via fark And don't miss the engrish jokes for Easter about, "Super Happy Nail-Ghost Man".

[homesweethome]

It is my understanding that after that remark by GJ, Jesus went back into the cave, pulled the rock back in front of the entrance, while mumbling something about "ain't nothing I can do for these dudes".

You know that's what he did, and that's why God put him in the belly of the fish and took him to Japan (Hokkaido). Or am I confusing him with somebody else?

[American Oyaji]

[Mulboyne]

[Taro Toporific]

Every year without fail, another n00b ggaijin reporter files this "discovery"...


The Japanese Jesus trail
By Duncan Bartlett
BBC News, Japan, 10 Sept 2006
A Japanese legend claims that Jesus escaped Jerusalem and made his way to Aomori in Japan where he became a rice farmer. Christians say the story is nonsense. However, a monument there known as the Grave of Christ attracts curious visitors from all over the world.

A festival at the Grave of Christ
The Grave of Christ has become an international tourist attraction[floatr][/floatr]
To reach the Grave of Christ or Kristo no Hakka as it is known locally, you need to head deep into the northern countryside of Japan, a place of paddy fields and apple orchards.....more....

[SIZE="6"]There goes Tokyo!

GO GO GOJIRESUS!
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[Taro Toporific]

Times: Japan is proud home of Christ's tomb

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Those Japanese are all usouski (&#12358]http://www.tombofjesus.com/welcome.html[/url]
http://www.tombofjesus.com/home.htm

[Mulboyne]

[GomiGirl]

I was standing outside Yoyogi station today and I overheard a conversation by a very loud North American guy - he was pretty young. And he was talking about this "story".

[Taro Toporific]

[Adhesive]

[Russell]

[canman]

Anyone want to visit, just head up on the shinkansen, and I can have you there in about 45 minutes. But it is damn cold these days, better to wait for spring!