Jingu

On Sunday afternoons, on Jingu Bridge, at the end of Omotesando, "cosplay" (a mix of "costume" and "play") girls from the suburbs come out in their wild outfits, dressed as nurses or goths or dominatrices or Alice in Wonderland.

Big in Japan: why Tokyo is top Pico Iyer 2010

Equal parts training log, travelogue, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and takes us to places ranging from Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once shared the course with an Olympian, to the Charles River in Boston among young women who outpace him.

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami: Book summary 2010

I already posted this, but I looked at the next Emperor after Chuai Empress Jingu and found this:

Tagruato.jp Dennis 2007

I checked the emperor that follows Chuai, and it was an Empress Jingu:

1-18-08.com - Photo #6 Dennis 2007

According to the traditional records of ancient Japan, Jingu was the wife of Chuai, the 14th sovereign reigned 192–200, and the regent for her son Ojin.

Tagruato.jp Dennis 2007

According to the traditional records of ancient Japan, Jingu was the wife of Chuai, the 14th sovereign reigned 192–200, and the regent for her son Ojin.

1-18-08.com - Photo #6 Dennis 2007

Had it been 200 years earlier, though, it would support the usually disregarded hypothesis that Jingu and Himiko are the same person.

Sisters of Aphrodite: Radio 3 Sunday Feature Carla 2006

I really like the punk bride images (like the one at left from Meiji Jingu subway, 2001) because they remind me so much of Mexican-American gangbanger girls 'street style here in Southern California.

Boing Boing: October 26, 2003 - November 1, 2003 Archives 2003

Fujiwara Fuhito built the Kofuku-ji, and his son, Muchimaro, when governor of Omi, repaired temples in the provinces, protected their domains, and erected the Jingu-ji.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

_Jingu-Kogo_ (201-269 A.D.), is famous for her military prowess.

Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868