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A journey to the origins of the Japanese, guided by science and legend
Chapter 08 min read
Within your DNA, the memories of three distinct ancestral lineages lie inscribed.
Chapter 124 min read
In 1991, the physical anthropologist Hanihara Kazuro proposed what would become the long-standing orthodoxy on the origins of the Japanese people: the Dual Structure Model.
Chapter 228 min read
The number of registered shrines in Japan stands at 80,507. When subsidiary shrines, branch shrines, and small wayside altars are included, estimates reach 200,000 to 300,000.
Chapter 336 min read
There exists a theory that the ancestors of the Japanese people were one of the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel. Proponents cite numerous cultural parallels: the structural resemblance between Shinto shrines and the Jewish Tabernacle, the striking similarity between the mikoshi (portable shrine) and the Ark of the Covenant, and the parallels between the Gion Festival and the Festival of Zion.
Chapter 432 min read
Science tells us that groups carrying Northeast Asian and East Asian genomes migrated via the Korean Peninsula. The Nichi-Yu Doso-ron (Japanese-Jewish common ancestry theory) tells us that the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel traveled the Silk Road to reach Japan. The Sumerian hypothesis tells us that bearers of Mesopotamian civilization journeyed eastward.
Chapter 530 min read
Deep in Tanzania lies a settlement called Bunju Village. The elders of this village carry a remarkable oral tradition: 'Our ancestors came from Japan fifteen thousand years ago.'
Chapter 634 min read
For decades, linguists analyzed language as a tool for transmitting information. But the research of Tsunoda Tadanobu suggests a more fundamental hypothesis -- that language constitutes the very perception of the world itself.