Comments on: Knitting For Jizō

By: Tokyo

Tokyo — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 01:18:00 +0000

I think its a bit misguided to say that its just a big guilt tripping scheme, its insulting in a way, To the parents that have gone through a Miscarriage or Abortion, and want to do something for them. People have expensive funerals and such, is it such a bad thing to remember a child you lost. Most people who have miscarriage or abortion in Japan won’t do this, not everyone buys into the whole story, some Parents just wanted it as a way to remember their child,

As someone who has been through a miscarriage its heartbreaking and its nice that there is a way to recognize the loss.

By: zoomingjapan

zoomingjapan — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 00:49:00 +0000

What a lovely article. Really enjoyed it! ^__^

For anybody who’s interested in Jizo, I especially recommend “Mt. Osore” – which is also known as the “gateway to hell”: http://zoomingjapan.com/travel/shimokita-peninsula-mt-osore/

By: S. J. Pajonas

S. J. Pajonas — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 23:27:00 +0000

Oh, that’s very interesting. I didn’t know that! Thanks for the info.

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 23:24:00 +0000

This article didn’t really mention it, so I thought I would. A majority of these statues that you find around Japan are paid for as an offering to abortioned children. It is a really big guilt tripping scheme and it’s one that the would-be mothers are sucked into. I studied it quite a bit back in the day.

By: S. J. Pajonas

S. J. Pajonas — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 21:33:00 +0000

This is clearly an oversight that should be remedied immediately! It would be great if someone made him one :)

By: Don

Don — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 21:31:00 +0000

But when will somebody knit a giant scarf for the Buddha to go along with his shoes? I bet he gets cold too! :)