#Tagori

[doppel-tournament]

ROUND 2, Part 20 (TIEBREAKER)

[theorieee]

Munakata Taisha (grand shrine) Munakata City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

To contrast my post about the smaller roadside shrine I visited in Japan, here's the biggest I visited: Munakata Taisha technically consists of 3 shrines. This one, and 2 others on outlying Islands in the Munakata municipality. I only saw the mainland shrine, Hetsu-gū. They are where the 3 goddesses of Munakata are enshrined. Ichikishima Hime, Tagitsu Hime, and Tagori Hime. These are believed to be either the daughters of Amerarasu or Susanoo. The forest surrounding the prayer hall had many smaller kami enshrined in shrine boxes along trails, and I even got to visit a Shinto holy site where it's said a god came down to earth and appeared in a tree (the tree is in one of the photos). It was an amazing experience and an interesting contrast to the local shrines I had seen previously. While I highly recommend visiting smaller shrines, the large shrine complexes are also an essential part of the spirituality in Japan. Praying at them is an equally fulfilling experience.

[southkoreaandjapan]

Miyajima

July 8, 2023

Well, today was our last full day in Japan and tomorrow will be all about making our way home.

This AM we headed out early to Itsukushima, also known as Miyajima, a small island in Hiroshima Bay, western Japan. It is known for its forests and ancient temples. Just offshore, the giant, orange Great Torii Gate is partially submerged at high tide. It marks the entrance to the Itsukushima Shrine, which was first built in the 12th century.

Miyajima is a very sacred place filled with Shinto Shrines. The Great Torii Gate built in the water is 60 feet tall and weighs 60 tons. It is made from camphor wood - and it is impressive.

We took a cab, then a train, then a ferry. All weather prediction indicated it would be torrential rain all day - but we avoided the rain until we headed home.

Miyajima Island has a long history as a holy site of Shinto. The island's highest peak, Mount Misen, was worshiped by local people as early as the 6th century. In 1168, Taira no Kiyomori, the most powerful man in Japan during the end of the Heian Period, selected the island as the site of his clan's family shrine and built Itsukushima Shrine.

The shrine is located in a small inlet, while the torii gate is set out in the Seto Inland Sea. Paths lead around the inlet, and visitors enjoy walking along them while looking out onto the sea. There is a significant tide and we were there close to "mid tide" which is a word I made up to mean that 3 hours before we got there was high tide and 3 hours later would be low tide. Here are some pics I took from the net demonstrating the tidal differences.

While we did not see maximum high or low tides - we did see a wedding party - which was awesome. Ken-san confirmed that having a wedding here would be pricey, so these people were very well-off. It felt very intrusive to be taking pictures - but then they were in a very public place - so I'm guessing they expected it.

Ken told us a story about the bride's headdress. The bride - once she is a wife - may get very angry over something and her horns will come out. Everyone knows this - but it is best to keep those "horn sprouts" (my word) covered for the wedding. Makes sense to me....

It was originally built in 593 by Saeki no Kuramoto. Later, Taira no Kiyomori became heavily involved with the shrine. It is said he erected this shrine on top of the water after becoming the first samurai to assume the role of the Daijō-Daijin (the head of the imperial government).

This shrine has a stage for Noh Theater and also a stage for Bugaku Dance. Bugaku was the art that we saw at Gion Center that we didn't love. At the shrine we saw a statue dedicated to this art. Also I found this about this art: "This dance is accompanied by slow drums and high-pitched, almost discordant woodwind instruments." Hmmmmm....

This shrine covers a lot of territory and deities. But I was happy to read..."This Main Shrine is dedicated to three female deities, Ichikishima-hime-no-mikoto, Tagori-hime-no-mikoto and Tagitsu-hime-no-mikoto. The three female deities have long been dutifully worshipped as they are the gods of the sea, transport, fortune, and the arts."

This shrine is protect by a mythical creature referred to as "lion-dogs"

Always two - signifying life. One has an open mouth like the baby crying at birth. The other with month closed in death.

In this location - like in Nara, the deer are everywhere. BUT these guys are NOT messengers of the gods - they are simply potential venison steaks.

Soon it was time to head back to Hiroshima - but not until we had lunch at this sweet little place. Anson had pork, Mark and Ken-san had Oysters and I had sardines. Life is good.

I can't forget to talk about the regional speciality:

Mark and Anson declared them delicious!!

We took the city tram home. It was a little bit longer but completely local. We loved the experience. On the way from the tram to our hotel we saw this....

We loved it because it is our youngest granddaughter's name and seeing just put a smile on our face - like the smile below on her face...

Grampa & Freya finding Goldbug!

We all "chilled" during the afternoon while the rain pounded the city and then it was time for the farewell dinner.

Our last official dinner in Japan was Wagyu beef - cooked perfectly, rice, clam soup, salad and some pickled items. WONDERFUL!

It was topped off with melon and melon ice cream Mark was treated to some very fancy saki and the presentation was sweet!

Tonight we pack and tomorrow we leave for our long trek home. What a trip!! I have one more post and then I'm calling it quits. During our trek home, I will write about all the things that Japan does right. Get ready for some toilet talk.

Stay tuned!

[ritasalami]

Doppel of Retribution

Tagori

Konoha Shizumi (Doppel)

[kinetic-cards]

Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Magia Record - Tagori (Doppel)

The Doppel of retribution. Its form is a fox. The owner of this emotion performs acts of vengeance against those she hates, using a variety of magic attacks. This Doppel is part of the Fox Trinity and represents retaliation. It is skilled in magic and can use will-o’-wisps to confuse its enemies. So long as their master’s grudge burns on, not even water can extinguish them. The master will lose her ability to think logically while using the Doppel; instead, she will act purely on instinct and perform extraordinary acrobatics.

[saltylords]

So today, after clearing the shop of everything (except for those gods be damned scallops), I decided to do some farming so I could get Konoha to level 5 and get her doppel. So now...

...All of my supports officially have their doppels unlocked!

[adenbara]

Après la pluie le beau temps ☺ #tagori badafal. 🥰😍#tadjourah #djibouti #mer (à Tagiura, Tadjoura, Djibouti) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi_55t6hDOd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[kalyan-gullapalli]

Post # 138

Desi dinosaurs!

Whenever I read the tagline from Steven Spielberg's movie Jurassic Park - "when Dinosaurs ruled the world", I wondered, did they also rule India? Or were these mega-predators only a western phenomenon?

Turns out, between 200 million years and 65 million years ago, more than 20 species of dinosaurs roamed across Meghalaya, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana. It is believed that the largest and the last ever dinosaurs roamed in this part of the world.

Don't believe that? Read on. Because, therein lies a tale.

About 100 kms from Baroda (Vadodara) in Gujarat is an old, sleepy town called Balanisor. 10 km from there is a small village called Raiyoli. Once upon a time, an old woman used to live in Raiyoli. She had magical culinary skills. It was said of her, "Her curries would cure ailments, hypnotize officials, calm the angry and excite the unruffled."

Balanisor also hosted the estate of the former royal family of the 17th century Babi dynasty. The estate has now been converted into a 8-room hotel, managed by Princess Aliya Sultana Babi and her brother.

In October, 2003, young Princess Aliya was on her rounds in her estate, when she passed the old woman’s hut. An intoxicating aroma filled the air and enticed her inside. The princess found the old woman grinding spices with a odd looking mortar and pestle, then mixing them into a curry that was slowly cooking on an earthen stove. Princess Aliya borrowed the pestle from the old woman, studied it and found that it was a dinosaur egg!

In the early 1980s, palaeontologists stumbled upon dinosaur bones and fossils during a regular geological survey of this mineral-rich area. They found dinosaur egg hatcheries and fossils of at least 13 species of dinosaurs, more than 100 million years old. It is now believed that Gujarat is home to one of the largest clutch of dinosaur hatcheries in the world. So well-protected are the fossilised eggs found here that many researchers call them the best-preserved eggs in the world after the ones found in France.

Today Balanisor hosts India's first and only Dinosaur fossil park. It is also called India's Jurassic park. Gujarat tourism officials talk about Dinosaur Tourism and Princess Aaliya, also called the Dinosaur Princess, conducts guided tours of the fossil park.

I was not aware of all of this until I read an interesting book called Quirky History. It contains a chapter on Dinosaurs that are believed to have roamed in India. I checked them out on Google and Wikipedia, and found details about a few pretty interesting breeds.

The first one is named Titanosaurus indicus, the first Indian dinosaur to be discovered, in 1828, by William Henry Sleeman, an administrator with the East India Company, at the base of the Bara Simla Hill near Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. This is how the bugger looked.

Another one was called Barapasaurus Tagorei. Bara = Big, Pa = Feet. Almost 300 bones of at least six Barapasaurus were excavated from the present day town of Pochampalli, Telangana, in 1961. Interestingly, the species’ surname, Tagorei, was chosen because the first year of fieldwork on the site at Pochampalli was carried out in the centenary year of Rabindranath Tagore’s birth.

The next one is my favorite. I had a great time reading about it. I was almost ROFL. Its was called Jainosaurus. Quite like the Jains, this dinosaur was a herbivore. But that's not why it's called Jainosaurus. This dinosaur actually gets its name from the palaeontologist Sohan Lal Jain, who worked on figuring out the skull of this animal. Its fossils were also discovered near Jabalpur. The Jainosaurus is especially interesting because it is among the last dinosaur species to live on earth.

Some dinosaurs were named after the places where their fossils were discovered. For example, Jaklapallisaurus was discovered near Jaklapalli in Andhra Pradesh. You can easy guess where Jubbulpuria was found.

One was named Isisaurus, after the Indian Statistical Institute!

I swear guys, I am not making this up. Pls check it out on Google if you wish. :-)

The last one, for now, is Bruhathkayosaurus, from the Sanskrit Bruhath-kaya, which means huge-bodied. It is believed to be the largest dinosaur that ever lived. Its fossils were found in Tiruchirappalli district of Tamil Nadu.

You can check out some of the other species for yourselves - Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis, Rajasaurus, Kotasaurus etc.

I will sign off with a fun fact. In Balasinor, paleontologists have found fossilized remains of a snake that dined on dinosaur eggs. A 67 million-year-old snake skeleton was found in a dinosaur nest, wrapped around a baby dinosaur.

Next time I go to Ahmedabad or Baroda, I must take time out to visit the Dinosaur Fossil Park in Balasinor.

[dreamerwitches]

Magical Witch doppels for Pamela, Poker Alice, Bond Bomb, Tagori, Hund Balou, Obariyon, Renata and Naomi

[thedecorrepublic]

Tagori Lady Set of 4

Tagori Lady Set of 4

Tagori Lady Set of 4

[doppel-tournament]

QUARTER FINALS, Part 7

[theorieee]

Munakata Taisha (grand shrine) Munakata City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

To contrast my post about the smaller roadside shrine I visited in Japan, here's the biggest I visited: Munakata Taisha technically consists of 3 shrines. This one, and 2 others on outlying Islands in the Munakata municipality. I only saw the mainland shrine, Hetsu-gū. They are where the 3 goddesses of Munakata are enshrined. Ichikishima Hime, Tagitsu Hime, and Tagori Hime. These are believed to be either the daughters of Amerarasu or Susanoo. The forest surrounding the prayer hall had many smaller kami enshrined in shrine boxes along trails, and I even got to visit a Shinto holy site where it's said a god came down to earth and appeared in a tree (the tree is in one of the photos). It was an amazing experience and an interesting contrast to the local shrines I had seen previously. While I highly recommend visiting smaller shrines, the large shrine complexes are also an essential part of the spirituality in Japan. Praying at them is an equally fulfilling experience.

[bisluthq]

Lmao nat check noor al tagories ig stories NOW

There goes the “Noor and Josh fell out over IP” theory tbh 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

[sheithficideas]

I'm finding the layout a little difficult to navigate? Example, I did have a link earlier to things like 'short prompts', 'long prompts', 'multi-prompts', etc., but on your home I can't find this at all (nor in the 'tagories'). The layout also takes a while to load on a slow connection, although it does look awesome, I'll admit!

I’ve added a new tags section that will contain the tags for navigation “Other Tags”. 

Sorry about the load time, I was informed back at the start of this blog that using the standard tumblr format was a bit of a turnoff for a lot of people. This was the only format I could find that kept things simple while still being cleaner looking. If it becomes too much of a problem, I’ll see what I can do.

[stolenciphers]

A light flush would spread from his cheeks, across his face, and down his neck some. "Y-You haven't s-said it al-aloud..."

The forwardness took him off guard, not used to it from the blonde even with how open he was to him. He would melt though slightly at the comment, a soft broken rumble sounding from his chest. "I-I wasn't aw-aware I f-fell into that cat-tagory..."

It was always so dark without Will around. The only true light Bill knew after everything had fallen apart in the past. He wanted to keep it at all costs.

“Have I ever told you how much I love you, Will? I’d give you the entire cosmos if I could.”

Bill was more serious when he didn’t use a nickname. Which tended to throw people off but it was also how they knew that the gold demon wasn’t messing around.

[adenbara]

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