Second Indian Expedition - Travels to Buddhist sites in India and Sri LankaAfter visiting the site of Yukio Mishima's suicide at the Ichigaya Memorial Museum, I headed directly to the Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Cemetery.
The purpose is, of course, to visit the grave of Yukio Mishima.
Yukio Mishima has become a huge presence in my life. I wanted to leave for India after greeting Yukio Mishima, who had died a spectacular death.
Second Indian Expedition - Travels to Buddhist sites in India and Sri LankaSri Lanka's world-renowned author Martin Wickramasinghe. Here was a tremendous writer!
The psychological descriptions are reminiscent of Dostoevsky, the storytelling is like Chekhov's, and the social observations are thorough, Zola-like. This is amazing.
Wickramasinghe's novels will be your best guide to the picture of Sri Lanka. I highly recommend this author.
Diary of a MonkNice to meet you. My name is Takahiro Ueda, the administrator of this blog. This blog started as my attempt to look at various things in my daily life and write words with the motto of asking myself questions, as you can see in the title of the blog.
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Shinran and DostoevskyThis travelogue has been written for the enjoyment of those who are unfamiliar with Dostoevsky.
There are many tours of places related to Dostoevsky in Russia, but it is rare to find one written specifically for Europe. In this sense, we feel that we may be of some help to those who love Dostoevsky, even if only in a small way.
Yukio Mishima and Japanese LiteratureThrough "The World of Kappa," Akutagawa poignantly questions the state of Japan.
How unique and humorous are each (each and every?) kappa! How unique and humorous each kappa is. And how eerie....
It is horrifying to think that this work was Ryunosuke Akutagawa's desperate protest, a warning for the end of his life. He committed suicide less than a year after the publication of this work.
It will soon be 100 years since the death of Ryunosuke Akutagawa. But even 100 years later, Akutagawa's works have never faded. The power of literature has been passed on to those of us living today.
Dreamland Disneyland ResearchBy reading the original, I was able to see more and more of the beauty of Disney's version of Beauty and the Beast.
We have already seen the finished "Beauty and the Beast," but there must have been extraordinary hard work involved in the creation of this film. I am sure that watching "Beauty and the Beast" with that in mind will give you a different taste. I am finally feeling that this film has become a big part of my life.
It was indeed an interesting read.
Dreamland Disneyland ResearchThis book is a recommended guide that provides an overview of the history of Disneyland from its opening in Anaheim, California in 1955 to Florida, Tokyo, Paris, and Hong Kong.
Nothing brings out the human drama like a theme park project."
This is the essence of what makes this book so interesting. The history of Disneyland itself is incredibly interesting, but it is this that makes this book an exciting work all by itself. I also read it in one sitting.
This book is a work that can be easily picked up in a paperback format, yet is very rich in content. I highly recommend this book not only to Disney fans, but also to those interested in business and non-fiction.
French Literature, History and CultureAccording to Kashima, "department stores are not only a purely capitalistic institution, they are its ultimate expression.
Why is this, he says, because "the inherent capitalist process of buying things not by necessity but by desire is precisely the one triggered by department stores.
In other words, the birth of the department store was so significant that the capitalist system we live under today began here. Why do we "want things"? In this book, we can learn the origin of the desire capitalism that stimulates it.
This book is a very valuable work as a business bible. It is a very stimulating and interesting work of cultural and world history, but it is also an extravagant book in which you can learn about the mechanics of business.
Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Southeast AsiaThis book is famous as a milestone work of historiography that overturned the established theories as expounded in Max Weber's "The Ethics of Protestantism and the Spirit of Capitalism".
The main theme of the book is precisely the argument that capital accumulated through the slave trade and slave plantations is what brought about the Industrial Revolution.
This book was also an exciting look at the course of history on a truly gigantic scale.
Once again, the reading made me realize the complexity and enormity of the world.
It is a superb work that destroys our preconceptions. Why not pick up a copy?
Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Southeast AsiaIn my last article, "The Truth About Coffee" by Antony Wilde, I learned about the dark side of the global coffee industry.
I was left scratching my head when I read that book, but in this book, "Coffee to Read the SDGs," I learned about the people and their activities that are struggling to change such a crisis-ridden coffee industry.
The text is easy to read and the book contains many photographs, so it is a work that can be easily picked up. Why not pick up a copy?
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The best of our blog! The "Dostoevsky's Journey" trilogy - my full-length European travelogue!
Travels to Buddhist Sacred Sites in India and Sri Lanka: What I felt there when I was called to India
(1) The birth of Prince Siddhartha in Lumbini, Nepal!
10 novels instead of business cards - I'm ashamed to say I'm such a person.
Why am I, a monk, reading Dostoevsky and world literature?" Articles - The Surprising Similarities Between Shinran and Dostoevsky
(64) Departure for a tour of Buddhist sites in India - A trip to visit Buddha's footprints. To my last trip called by Mishima.
(63) Visiting the grave of Yukio Mishima at Tama Cemetery - Thoughts on Mishima, who continued to question life and death
(62) Visit the site of Yukio Mishima's suicide and the Ichigaya Memorial Hall of the Self-Defense Forces Ichigaya Camp (now the Ministry of Defense)
(61) Yukio Mishima's Fierce Final Days! What was happening at the site of his suicide that day?
(60) Yukio Mishima loved Disneyland! What fascinated Mishima about Disney?
(59) After all, Yukio Mishima was exceptional! The overwhelming power of his brush strokes gives the impression of Dostoevskian black magic.
List of recommended commentaries on Disney as religious thought, history, and art
List of 15 recommended works of Yukio Mishima and commentaries - Interesting works of Yukio Mishima, one of Japan's most famous writers, and his epic life.
