Dr. Kaitlyn Ugoretz
@kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social
That chick obsessed with Shinto and #torii gates. ⛩️🔍🗺️
Anthropologist of (Japanese) religion, digital tech, media & pop culture | Lecturer & Assoc. Editor @ Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture | YouTuber @ Eat Pray Anime | Cultural consultant
Anthropologist of (Japanese) religion, digital tech, media & pop culture | Lecturer & Assoc. Editor @ Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture | YouTuber @ Eat Pray Anime | Cultural consultant
Haha, I get it now! Perhaps 🔍👀
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Haha, I get it now! Perhaps 🔍👀
This awakened a deep childhood memory in elementary school when I used to lament that I never had enough pocket change for a "Choco Taco" at the ice cream truck. Instant love for the shrine chickens. I hope there is a Chako AND a Tako. 😂
November 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This awakened a deep childhood memory in elementary school when I used to lament that I never had enough pocket change for a "Choco Taco" at the ice cream truck. Instant love for the shrine chickens. I hope there is a Chako AND a Tako. 😂
Woah, thank you so much! 😄🙏 Yeah not the only torii I’ve found at a non-Japanese Buddhism site overseas, fascinating! 🤓
October 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Woah, thank you so much! 😄🙏 Yeah not the only torii I’ve found at a non-Japanese Buddhism site overseas, fascinating! 🤓
So beautiful! 🤩⛩️ well done 👏
October 25, 2025 at 4:35 AM
So beautiful! 🤩⛩️ well done 👏
Looool amazing
October 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Looool amazing
If you can read Japanese or have a dictionary handy, check out this super fun and informative book:
“Jinja no dōbutsu zukan” 神社のどうぶつ図鑑 by Prof. Motegi Sadazumi 茂木 貞純 (Futami Shobō 二見書房, 2018)
And yes, there’s a temple version too!
“Jinja no dōbutsu zukan” 神社のどうぶつ図鑑 by Prof. Motegi Sadazumi 茂木 貞純 (Futami Shobō 二見書房, 2018)
And yes, there’s a temple version too!
October 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
If you can read Japanese or have a dictionary handy, check out this super fun and informative book:
“Jinja no dōbutsu zukan” 神社のどうぶつ図鑑 by Prof. Motegi Sadazumi 茂木 貞純 (Futami Shobō 二見書房, 2018)
And yes, there’s a temple version too!
“Jinja no dōbutsu zukan” 神社のどうぶつ図鑑 by Prof. Motegi Sadazumi 茂木 貞純 (Futami Shobō 二見書房, 2018)
And yes, there’s a temple version too!
Visiting Bunny Shrines in Assassins Creed Shadows and Real Life!
YouTube video by Eat Pray Anime
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October 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Reminder that I’m working on an animal shorts series on Eat Pray Anime! Here’s the deer video that I’m particularly fond of:
youtube.com/shorts/EAbRZ...
and…. 1/2
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and…. 1/2
Visiting the Nara Deer Shrine in Assassins Creed Shadows and Real Life!
YouTube video by Eat Pray Anime
youtube.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Reminder that I’m working on an animal shorts series on Eat Pray Anime! Here’s the deer video that I’m particularly fond of:
youtube.com/shorts/EAbRZ...
and…. 1/2
youtube.com/shorts/EAbRZ...
and…. 1/2
Finally: sea bream (tai) 🐟
Wakeoe Jinja is one of the most Instagrammable shrines I’ve seen. There’s a lot going on. But one consistent theme is the Kami Ebisu & his fishy messenger, the sea bream. This fish is an important offering in Shinto, & Ebisu grants abundance, especially to fishermen.
Wakeoe Jinja is one of the most Instagrammable shrines I’ve seen. There’s a lot going on. But one consistent theme is the Kami Ebisu & his fishy messenger, the sea bream. This fish is an important offering in Shinto, & Ebisu grants abundance, especially to fishermen.
October 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Finally: sea bream (tai) 🐟
Wakeoe Jinja is one of the most Instagrammable shrines I’ve seen. There’s a lot going on. But one consistent theme is the Kami Ebisu & his fishy messenger, the sea bream. This fish is an important offering in Shinto, & Ebisu grants abundance, especially to fishermen.
Wakeoe Jinja is one of the most Instagrammable shrines I’ve seen. There’s a lot going on. But one consistent theme is the Kami Ebisu & his fishy messenger, the sea bream. This fish is an important offering in Shinto, & Ebisu grants abundance, especially to fishermen.
Next is: Ox 🐂, rat 🐁, & bullfinch 🦜! 😵
Yamada Tenmangū boasts several animal messengers! The ox & bullfinch r usual for Tenjin, but Kogane Jinja on the grounds dedicated to Ebisu & Daikokuten features the koganezumi (I call it the “money mouse”), a rat that holds Daikokuten’s wish-granting mallet.
Yamada Tenmangū boasts several animal messengers! The ox & bullfinch r usual for Tenjin, but Kogane Jinja on the grounds dedicated to Ebisu & Daikokuten features the koganezumi (I call it the “money mouse”), a rat that holds Daikokuten’s wish-granting mallet.
October 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Next is: Ox 🐂, rat 🐁, & bullfinch 🦜! 😵
Yamada Tenmangū boasts several animal messengers! The ox & bullfinch r usual for Tenjin, but Kogane Jinja on the grounds dedicated to Ebisu & Daikokuten features the koganezumi (I call it the “money mouse”), a rat that holds Daikokuten’s wish-granting mallet.
Yamada Tenmangū boasts several animal messengers! The ox & bullfinch r usual for Tenjin, but Kogane Jinja on the grounds dedicated to Ebisu & Daikokuten features the koganezumi (I call it the “money mouse”), a rat that holds Daikokuten’s wish-granting mallet.
Well spotted 😆 It was fun to film, and with two of my colleagues @mattalt.bsky.social and Hirafuji Kikuko!
October 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Well spotted 😆 It was fun to film, and with two of my colleagues @mattalt.bsky.social and Hirafuji Kikuko!
Link up with @kaihat.su! I haven’t started playing yet but will keep an eye out for issues like this when I do…
October 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Link up with @kaihat.su! I haven’t started playing yet but will keep an eye out for issues like this when I do…