Culture Sep 7, 2019
Death notes: Traditional rituals associated with curses persist in 21st-century Japan
by Alex K.T. Martin
It's a scorching summer afternoon with temperatures crawling toward 37 degrees Celsius. Kadota Inari Shrine is empty except for a chorus of screeching cicadas and the smooth stone statues of foxes guarding its entrance. Hanging on either side of the shrine are hundreds of small ...