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Ilya ✯ イリヤ
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イリヤ、２７歳 ✯ 𝙸𝚕𝚢𝚊, 𝟸𝟽
日本語 ✯ 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑

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Ilya ✯ イリヤ @cosmic-faerie.bsky.social · May 15
自己紹介
イリヤ、ロシア系アメリカ人、２７歳
Ｘジェンダー、僕・彼・君
神道の信者
アーティスト、筆者
興・趣：本、絵、アニメ、音楽、ハイキング、旅行、神社・寺を参り
日本語７年勉強してる

𝙸𝚕𝚢𝚊, 🇷🇺🇺🇸, 𝟸𝟽
𝙽𝚘𝚗-𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚢, 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢/𝙵𝚊𝚎/𝚇𝚢
𝚂𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝙿𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚛
𝙰𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝/𝚆𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛
𝙻𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚜: 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜, 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌, 𝚑𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜/𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚜

𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙹𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝟽 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜

🚫𝙽𝙾 𝙰𝙸🈲
Photo of the author in a golden furisode kimono with depictions of traditional Japanese bridges on the bottom and flowers on the upper left shoulder. They are wearing a red obi with blue obijime. In front of them are red/yellow tulips. Behind them you can see nicely cut pine trees and lawns with more tulips this time just red.
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地蔵院、別名は竹の寺へ行った。本当にきれいで平和な場所だった。雨の日と山の中なので、あまり人がいなかった。稲荷の神社もあった。御朱印は竹模様もあった。

I went to Jizō-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple. It was beautiful and peaceful. Since it was raining and up in the mountains, not many folks were around. There was an Inari Shrine and the Goshuin was fun!
Gravel walkway through a large bamboo forest, the photo has a yellow tint and it's cloudy. Inari shrine under a protective wooden structure. You can see the sacred mirror and Sakaki leaves. Part of the moss and rock garden at the temple Goshuin showing images of bamboo in green on the back with the seal saying 竹寺 and there being an image of Jizō and his seed syllable.
November 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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松尾七社の一つは月読神社だ。月読尊を祀ると言われるけど、実際の身元は不明／不明確である。松尾大社から歩いてながらたくさんきれいな花が見た。
Beautiful yellow flowers blooming on a light olive green bush Cherry blossoms blooming and seen over a hedge on a residential street. Cherry blossoms over an open chain link fence. Main red torii leading up to the shrine, it has a shimenawa hanging from it. You can also tell it's been raining the ground is shiny and there's a mist in the air.
November 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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松尾大社へ行った。松尾山の神と秦氏の守護神を祀る。神社の水で酒を造れば、腐らなくなったと言われた。神社にたくさんの亀のイメージがあった。　面白いアーチェリーゲームも見た。的に当たったら、特別のお守りをもらえる。たくさんの桜も見た。
Large red torii with plaque straddling a major road. You can see a large stone monument with two large stone models of the sake containers placed on kamidana next to it. The main approach where you can see another torii in the distance. On each side are trees and some are cherry which are blooming. You can tell it rained as the ground is shiny wet. A cherry tree blooming on the shrine grounds The main torii to the shrine, behind it you can see the gate with a cherry blossom! In the foreground there's a person with a black umbrella.
November 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
cosmic-faerie.bsky.social
お久しぶりみんな。お元気？

梅宮大社へ行った。御祭神は酒造と安産に有名だ。官幣中社と二十二社だった。庭園もあつただけど、閉じたのに行かなかった。境内にたくさんの猫も見た。楽しかった。
A large red torii with decorative plaque before a wooden gate with two stories. You can also see cars parked after the entrance, and a cherry blossom in the distance. It is cloudy. Cherry blossom peaking out over the walls around the main shrine building. In front of the walls you can see a stone monument and several hedges. View into the main shrine from the gate. You can see the thick wooden walls and doors, and the Shide dangling on the top of the photo. In the distance is a stone torii gate leading to a side shrine as well as a cherry blossom on the left. The kaguraden in front of the main shrine surrounded by gravelled grounds.
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
cosmic-faerie.bsky.social
遅ればせながらハッピーハロウィン🎃！

仕事でコスチュームを着させてもらった。カボチャも彫った。僕の犬に幽霊にコスした。楽しかった！

A belated Happy Halloween!

Work let me wear a costume! I carved a pumpkin and dressed my dog up as a ghost, it was fun :D
Author in a green peasant dress with metallic green-gold tule skirt, they're also wearing a flower crown and have crystals decorating their chest. Pumpkin with a carving of a smiling cat. Pumpkins and a miniature schnauzer wearing a little white cape that has a ghost face on it.
November 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
cosmic-faerie.bsky.social
毎年、僕の教会員は手作りのアプルパイを作った。楽しかった！そのメンバーの多くは僕が赤ちゃんの頃から知っていて、このコミュニティに神様に感謝している。

Every year, my church makes apple pies from scratch. It's a lot of fun. Many of these members have known me since I was a baby, and I'm grateful to the kami for the community.
Two photo collage showing a green apple peeler and corer from the 1850s with an apple being peeled and cored. Silver bowls with sliced apples in them waiting to have seasonings added to them before they're transferred to the pies. Rows of filled pies waiting to have covers added to them. You can see a member preparing a cover for the pie in the background. Finished pies waiting to be bagged and frozen.
October 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
cosmic-faerie.bsky.social
嵐山の裏通りどこか、三ノ宮神社へ行った。小さい神社だ。

Somewhere in the backstreets of Arashiyama, I visited Sannomiya Shrine. It's small. Also I'm not 100% sure on the Arashiyama part, since I didn't take many notes regarding it.
Stone torii with shimenawa over it. You can see the pathway to the shrine as well as a cherry blossom tree behind it. Everything is slightly shiny due to rain. Stone Pillar with the full name of the shrine. Main shrine, you can see its inside a protective outer building but there's a rope with bells that one can ring.
October 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
cosmic-faerie.bsky.social
@kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social I have made us a helpful guide to figuring out what is and isn't a torii! Based on that post regarding Hokusai's drawings
Nine box diagram with the far left column having the requirement of "a torii must have two cross bars and two pillars," the middle column has the requirement of "a torii must have a vague arch shape," and the right column is "a torii can be any shape" The top row has the requirement of "a torii must be made of wood and painted red," the middle row has the requirement of "a torii must be made from natural materials, can have color but not required," and the bottom row has the requirement of "a torii can be made from any material, can be covered in any sort of varnish/paint" Nine column collage linked to the torii requirements. In order from left to right top to bottom: a ryobu style torii, a red wood covered bridged, a red wood door, an wooden electrical pole, a stone arch, a paper crane made from teal paper, a blue metal rack, the McDonald's arches, and maruchan ramen
October 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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quirinpress.bsky.social
Leafing through my miniature #Hokusai manga, I came across his MangaTorii (which incidentally sounds very close to the IT for eaters ❝Mangiatori❞ 😎)
But what is the name he gives to the 3-sided #Torii ⛩ ? can't find the last kanji 三戈鳥 ⭕️
perchance @kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social
can elucidate on Manga⛩¿
September 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
cosmic-faerie.bsky.social
少し珍しいと思うけど、その祠は神道だ。一般的に仏教の。御祭神は金龍大神だ。面白い！

It's a bit rare but this roadside Hokora was a Shinto shrine. Typically they're Buddhist. This one was dedicated to Kinryū Ōkami. Interesting!
A wooden Hokora stops a stone diocese. The Hokora has two stone vases holding Sakaki and a small water holder with three gold triangles in a pyramid pattern. The stone base is stained with a blue color. There's also a branch of a tree cutting through the image. Lose up of the Hokora where you can see more offering dishes inside as well as the plaque with the name of the kami on it.
October 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
cosmic-faerie.bsky.social
みんな、お久しぶり！

たくさんの色々な摂末社がある車折神社へ行った。天皇の馬車は神社境に壊れたことから、名前は車折になった。御祭神は儒教的な学者の頼成清原だ。天宇受売命を祀る芸能神社や天満天神を祀る天満天神社（読み方はそらみつあまつかみのやしろ）もある。雨の日なのに、桜はまだ美しかった。
Three photo collage showing sake barrel offerings in a vermillion holding case with a deep pink cherry tree to the left, a bright pink cherry tree with red fencing and hedges, and the main entrance stones showing the shrine seal and name. Photo of one of the entrances to the shrine. You can see many name plaques on the vermillion fencing, there's a stone pathway as well which is shiny due to the rain. In the distance you can see people holding umbrellas and cherry trees peaking out over the tops of buildings. Side shrine decorated to Inari Ōkami I believe. It's a small shrine inside a larger Hokora holding place which is painted white and vermillion. You can see small lanterns and a tiny offering box. Four photo collage showing more of the side shrines varying in size and style, the shared theme being lots of vermillion pain and stone.
October 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
cosmic-faerie.bsky.social
SustackでToukyoの記事( open.substack.com/pub/toukyo/p...
)を読んで、水中の神社を描いてインスポになった。神社の部分はたくさんの海のことの名前があるので。

I got inspired to draw this underwater shrine after reading an article by Toukyo on Substack. There's a lot of ocean imagery in shrine architecture.
Image of an underwater Shinto shrine with seaweed thatching, a great clam and pearl on the roof. The cross beams are instead large katsuo fish and there's koi tales sticking out the front and back. There's also red coral decorating the sides of the shrine.
October 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
cosmic-faerie.bsky.social
少し遅れてお月見！
でも、その花束は近くの花屋で僕がデザインと買った。月見団子も手作りだった。一般に全部白いけど、JustOneCookbookのサイトのレシピでカボチャを使って一番上の段を見て触発されていた。あまりカボチャ好きじゃないから食用色素を使ったんだ、それでも楽しかった！絵馬は日本の時に塗った。

Happy late Otsukimi!

I made the dumplings today, and bought the bouquet in town. It was a lot of fun! Enjoy :)
Otsukimi display with a bouquet of flowers on the left including a sunflower and several red and orange flowers as well as two long green plants that resemble wheat stalks or rice ears. You can also see on a white plate in the center is a dumpling display with the top row dyed yellow. On the far right is a red painted ema with an image of a golden moon and white rabbit holding a tray of dumplings in front of pampas grass. On either side of the display are white candles on a fall foliage table runner.
October 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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curiousordinary.bsky.social
'Two Rabbits in the Moonlight' - Imao Keinen, ca. 1930s.
#FullMoon #shinhanga #JapaneseArt
Two white rabbits beside water, tall grass and flowers in the foreground and a full moon in the sky above.
October 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
cosmic-faerie.bsky.social
僕は神道とともに真言宗も実践している。先週でリトリートへ行った。近くのチベッタンシャンバラーセンターを借りて、３日かに真言宗を練習した。僕の先生は観音経の奥伝の次元に説明した。新しい観音のテキストも受けた。楽しかった。

I also practice Shingon alongside Shinto, and went on a retreat last week. I got some new materials related to Kanon, and new teachings. It was fun.
View of a deep red sunset from the window of an airplane, you can also see city lights at night. The sunset is a very narrow line at the horizon line. Ikebana arrangement at the Shambala center, it's using bright yellow flowers. Shambala main altar, with two ajikan posters that my teacher brought. You can see more flower arrangements, 7 glasses filled with water, candles, and on the bottom a place to burn incense. Behind it is a representation of a Buddha in a Tibetan style of artwork. Small honorary altar for Takahashi sensei, sort of our sangha's grandfather. There's also a bust of the white robed Kanon and a candle.
October 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
cosmic-faerie.bsky.social
Super excited to back another of @yokai.com 's amazing books! I can't wait to see the final product and be able to learn some unique Yokai stories along the way! Also super excited for the beautiful traditional crafts by Fukui artisans!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/osa...
Echizen-Wakasa Kidan: Strange Tales from Fukui
illustrated stories of yokai, ghosts, and weird tales from rural Japan
www.kickstarter.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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bonrepas66.bsky.social
今日までやっていた博多祇園祭り🏮
櫛田神社に奉納されていた山笠が立派だったな〜✨
通りすがりの山笠も見事でした

こんなでっかいの担いで走るのすごいなあ…
櫛田神社に奉納されていた山笠 通りすがりに見かけた山笠 櫛田神社
July 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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k39omairi.bsky.social
⛩ #二見興玉神社
📍 三重県伊勢市
 
伊勢参りの最初に訪れる #禊 の地とされ、古来参拝者は神聖な海水🌊で体と心を清めました🙏
 
境内には御祭神（サルタヒコ👺）の使いである #カエル の置物がたくさんあります🐸
 
海岸には仲睦まじく寄り添って顔を出す #夫婦岩 があり🪨縁結びや夫婦円満のご利益があります💘
 
#神社 #神社仏閣 #御朱印
#御朱印巡り #パワースポット
#写真撮ってる人と繋がりたい
#Bluesky写真部 #ブルスコ写真部
July 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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mantac.bsky.social
京都伏見稲荷大社お稲荷さん⛩️
宵宮祭🏮✨
2025.7.19
#伏見稲荷大社
July 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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emilsea22.bsky.social
#BlueSkyMonday
I built this structure, modeled after the Shinto Torii Gates in Japan, near the entrance to my garden. Torii gates represent passing from the mundane to the spiritual, and it’s how I view my garden retreat. The Kanji symbols are “happiness” and “garden”. (see ALT text)
#EastCoastKin
A torii gate is a traditional Japanese gateway, most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, and it signifies the transition from the mundane to the sacred. It acts as a symbolic boundary between the everyday world and the realm of the deities (kami). Passing through a torii is a ritual act, marking the entry into a space of worship and reflection.
July 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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curiousordinary.bsky.social
Today's in Japan it's Mountain Day (山の日, Yama no Hi) so I thought I'd put together a small collection of my favourite prints featuring Mount Fuji, Japan's most iconic sacred mountain.
🎨'Yoshiwara' from the series 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji' - Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855.
#JapaneseArt #ukiyoe
1/3
Mt Fuji and pale blue sky, water in foreground with small boats.
August 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
cosmic-faerie.bsky.social
ひまわりが大好きだ

Sunflowers are one of my favorite flowers
A bunch of sunflowers growing besides a faded white building. Dimly lit singular sunflower facing the sun behind a hill.
September 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
cosmic-faerie.bsky.social
比叡山も一つにハイクした。もっと美しい景色も見た。延暦寺の後で駅に戻って、壁に山伏の写真が見た。古いのケーブルカーの機械もあった。

I hiked back along Mt. Hiei and saw more beautiful scenery. After returning to the station I saw pictures of Yamabushi on the walls and some cool old machinery!
Roadway with old stone lanterns flanking it. You can also see many tall trees along the path. Row of small pagoda stones lining an area to look out over the city. Three photo collage showing the old cable car piloting system and cable wheel, as well as photos of various yamabushi. View of Kyoto from the cable car, it looks almost like a lake.
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
cosmic-faerie.bsky.social
最後の二つ場所は延暦寺に行った釈迦堂と箕淵弁財天だ。釈迦堂は釈迦如来を祀って、箕淵弁財天は弁財天を祀る神社だ。静かで人は少なかった。御朱印も受けた。
Wooden pavilion covering a Jizo statue with red cap and bib. The wood has numerous name tags pasted to it and in front of the statue are two bouquets of flowers. Stone lantern with a lotus design for the bottom and a Buddha on the side of it. Minobuchi Benzaiten Dhrine you can see a path has been worth through the moss and that past the lichen covered torii are a row of red standing lanterns leading to the shrine. In the back you can even see a dark pink cherry blossom tree. Goshuin from Minobuchi Benzaiten
September 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
cosmic-faerie.bsky.social
僕は延暦寺の根本中堂を行った時、修築していた。お寺の周囲に大きい建物を建て、外部の修理を行うためだった。屋上に行くことができる。楽しかった。
Daikokuten Hall, a brown and white building near the main hall. You can see many golden lanterns hanging from the eves, an incense burner in the front and stone lantern on either side. There's also a yellow banner on the left talking about a pilgrimage. Senbonzuru thousand paper cranes, common offerings at temples and shrines to make a wish. A large stone monument with Japanese text on it Images of monks praying with a ghostly image of Buddha behind them.
September 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM