Who do people say we are, who do you think we are & do you know who you are?

QUOTES TO STIR THE POT

"I love two Js and no third; one is Jesus, and the other is Japan. I do not know which I love more, Jesus or Japan. I am hated by my countrymen for Jesus' sake as foreign belief, and I am disliked by foreign missionaries for Japan's sake as national and narrow. Even if I lose all my friends, I cannot lose Jesus and Japan . . . Jesus and Japan; my faith is not a circle with one center; it is an ellipse with two centers. My heart and mind revolve around the two dear names. And I know that one strengthens the other; Jesus strengthens and purifies my love for Japan; and Japan clarifies and objectives my love for Jesus. Were it not for the two, I would become a mere dreamer, a fanatic, an amorphous universal man."

Uchimura Kanzo, 1861-1930

JAPAN by REGION

JAPAN by REGION

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Gulliver's Kingdom

Photos of an abandoned Gulliver's Travels amusement park in Japan.

Under the shadow of Mount Fuji lies an imprisoned (and spray painted) Gulliver. Look closely and you'll see some explorers standing on the statues face, body, and hand. (Photo: Martin Lyle)

 

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