Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun.
July 29, 2021 at 12:39 JST
The gateway for escaping suffering, also inscribed with “the path of three mitsu,” stands on Mount Takaosan in western Tokyo. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
I rode a cable car last week to the end of the line near the summit of Mount Takaosan in Tokyo’s western suburbs to see a stone gateway marked “Sanmitsu no Michi” (literally, path of three “mitsu”). [Read More]
Stories about memories of cherry blossoms solicited from readers
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series on the death of a Japanese woman that sparked a debate about criminal justice policy in the United States
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
