Hierax

@tanpukunokami after a meal : We give Thee thanks, Almighty God, for all Thy benefits, who livest and reignest, world without end. Amen. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen

@tanpukunokami just be Catholic and give thanks to God instead of a grain of rice . Catholics before every meal : Bless us, oh Lord, and these thy gifts, we are about to receive, through thy bounty, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

"Itadakimasu" — said before every meal in Japan. "Gochisousama" — said after. Translated literally: "I humbly receive" and "It was a feast." But the real meaning runs deeper. When a Japanese person says "itadakimasu," they're not just thanking the cook. They're thanking the rice for being rice. The fish for being fish. The farmer who woke up at 4am. The truck driver who delivered it. The rain. The sun. The phrase has roots in Buddhist and Shinto traditions, where every living thing — even a single grain of rice — is treated as sacred. Children learn it in school. Adults say it without thinking. It's woven into daily life so quietly that most Japanese people never stop to consider its weight. But here's the weight: Three times a day, every day, an entire country pauses for half a second to remember that something gave its life so they could eat. The rice was alive. The fish was alive. "Itadakimasu" is how that gets remembered.

@NekorinEnglish only women do this. and gay men

スタバにて。アメリカ人パートナーのTOEIC900の反応。 猫「うち、こないだのTOEIC 900やったわ」 ア『Shut up!』 猫「は？」 ア『Shut uuuup!!!』 猫「いや、報告しただけやけど…（何やコイツ…）」 ア『？？？』 猫「なんで２回も黙れ言われなあかんねん…」 ア『

@hiyori_reishi_ Christ is King Japanese bros. Christ is King. Ave Christus Rex.

はっきり言います。 残り物の朝ごはんでもいい。布団がぐちゃぐちゃのままでもいい。横になりながら動画を見てもいい。昼食がカップ焼きそばでもいい。リビングでぼーっとしていてもいい。夕飯がコンビニのお弁当でもいい。 でも、

@CatholicDrip___ why is this girl drinking wine served from some rando ? this is wild

Today my daughter just made her First Communion🕊️ Pray she remains in the faith and finishes the race🙏💧

@SHINGEN_Spirit what show is this ?

「豊臣兄弟」いよいよ次週は武田信玄公の登場✨ 織田信長と徳川家康を追い詰める信玄公…1話で退場しそうですが、今大河最大のクライマックス😭 信玄は「比叡山再興」を大義名分に織田&徳川領へ侵攻‼️ 正親町天皇も「信玄上洛」を切望していたような形跡が文書で見られる。 ＃武田信玄　＃豊臣兄弟

@BTCBreadMan they'll get over it. they'll adjust rapidly if a better school

Wife and I found an amazing house today on 2 acres of land in a very nice neighborhood. Significant upgrade from our current home/yard/hood. The kiddos want to veto it because they would have to switch elementary schools. They are in 2nd grade and kindergarten. Dad advice?

@tanpukunokami convenience stores in Japan changed my life

Forget sushi. Forget ramen. The food foreigners can't stop eating in Japan is fried chicken from a convenience store. It's called Famichiki. $1.60. Boneless. Handed to you at the FamilyMart register in a yellow and white striped paper bag. Released in 2006. 2.5 billion sold. #1 selling item across ~16,400 FamilyMart stores. Not just hot snacks. Across every product they sell. This is the one.

@tanpukunokami train stations in Japan changed my life

In Japan, train stations don't just sell food. They sell regional identity. It's called "ekiben" — station bento. Every box uses local ingredients, local recipes, and local pride. Over 4,000 varieties exist nationwide. Each one is tied to a specific station. Arrive at Yonezawa in Yamagata, and you'll find thinly sliced beef over rice, glazed with a secret sauce. Its origin: a recipe used over a century ago to coat traditional Japanese sweet buns. Arrive at Yokohama, and you'll find Kiyōken's shumai dumpling bento — the same basic lunch box that's been sold for over 70 years. Today, it moves about 30,000 units every single day. Arrive at Yokogawa in Gunma, and you'll find rice and chicken steamed inside a real ceramic pot. The pot is handmade in a 162-year-old pottery town that was nearly bankrupt before this bento saved it. Over 180 million sold to date. Arrive at Matsusaka in Mie, and you'll find a lunch box shaped like a cow's face. Open the lid, and it plays "Furusato" — a famous Japanese folk song about home. Arrive at Hiroshima, and you'll find two grilled conger eels placed side by side, like a couple. The name means "married eels." Arrive at Sendai, and you'll find a lunch box that heats itself up. Pull a string, wait 3 minutes, and out comes steaming hot beef tongue — on a bullet train. Every January, Tokyo's Keio Department Store hosts a 2-week "Ekiben Festival." Over 300 varieties from every corner of Japan. $6 million in sales. It all started in 1885, when a railway inn in Utsunomiya sold two rice balls wrapped in bamboo leaves. Price: 5 sen. 140 years later, ekiben has become a culinary map of Japan — where every station is a chapter, and every lunch box tells you where you are. Other countries invented travel food. Japan turned it into a regional love letter.

@majoriansmusing @_GodFamilyGuns_ @Catholicizm1 I liked a few random Japanese posts that popped up on my timeline, then like da few more, a couple follows, nowy timeline is about 80% Japan posting and I'm never going back

The Catholic media civil war is going to get very interesting. People I formerly considered friends and allies are going to become enemies.

@ick_real Ida

I'm looking for a ridiculously old-fashioned girl's name for our new born . Think great-grandma name. Very old and rare. Any suggestions asap pls?

@jyokakudotukky5 Reminds me a little of this view.

清水山城、一度は攻めてほしいです。 琵琶湖をこれほど贅沢に眺められる城も珍しいかと思います。

@katuuya2012 beautiful

佐倉城ミニサイズの完成 ＃佐倉城 ＃お城 ＃ジオラマ

@SHINGEN_Spirit talk me out of believing western scholars trying to tell me all the samurai were gay. especially Shingen, citing his "love letters " to a his page or retainer or something along those lines. are they just trying gayify Japanese history like they try to do with western history ?

武田信玄公が亡くなられた翌年 天正2年3月27日、武田勝頼公は大聖不動明王を恵林寺に安置し、快川を導師として安坐開眼供養を行った。 この不動明王は天正元年に信玄が造らせたものとある（「禅林雑記」） これこそ、今に残る武田不動尊だろう。 ＃武田信玄　＃武田不動尊

@OleBeeM @DougAMacgregor @Desert_Flame1 good one wade

@DougAMacgregor @Desert_Flame1 Your daily reminder that Italy fought on the same side as the Nazis.

BREAKING: Italian PM Giorgia Meloni suspends Military cooperation and defense agreement with Israel.

Trads defending Trump right now are too stupid to see the groundwork being laid for persecution. There is a coordinated effort to cast Catholics who speak out against the Synagogue as enemies of America. There’s an endless stream of Zionist Protestants working to amplify this.

@breeadail @ArchDenver 60k views 90 likes

FASCINATION WITH DEMONS: Why the cult of a “celebrity Exorcist” is hitting mainstream: Be Wary. @ArchDenver, will you respond to the inquiries of press on this issue? open.substack.com/pub/melodylyon…

@j_butsuzo why is Buddha always so angry looking ?

【奈良・金峰山寺/蔵王権現(江戸)】役行者開山の寺院。日本最大秘仏とされ、中尊の像高728cm両脇の像も6m前後という迫力ある秘仏。以前は33年に1度とされて来たが大震災の祈念を込め、1年に1度開帳されるようになった。山岳信仰の象徴

@breeadail @ArchDenver zion Bree strikes again