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Sacred forbidden forest at a Japanese shrine has been off-limits to visitors for centuries
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Oona McGee
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We get to enter a holy land that’s been protected since ancient times, and it reminds us of the world of Princess Mononoke.
- Japan
- (culture • curse • Cursed Japan • forbidden • haunted Japan • history • Ishikawa Prefecture • Keta Grand Shrine • nature • Noto Peninsula • religion • Seiji Nakazawa • shrines • SNJO • tradition • trees)
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Master Blaster
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