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50 Best Explores Thailand with Joan Roca, Ashley Palmer-Watts and Peter Gilmore

Top chefs Joan Roca, Ashley Palmer-Watts and Peter Gilmore embraced temperate crops in former opium hot spots when they travelled to The Royal Project in Chiang Mai on 50 Best Explores Thailand.


Three Thai chefs - Chef Chumpol, Iron Chef of Thailand, Chef Nooror Somany Steppe of The Blue Elephant in Bangkok and Chef Nan of Little Beast - teamed up with world-renowned Chefs Joan Roca, Chef-owner of El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, No.1 in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list; Ashley Palmer-Watts, Executive Chef of Dinner by Heston Blumenthal in London, No.7 on the list; and Peter Gilmore, Executive Chef of Quay in Sydney, No.58 in the world ranking.

Before their adventure began they met in Bangkok to attend the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 awards.

See the brand new Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2016 list here:


1. Gaggan, Bangkok, Thailand
2. Narisawa, Tokyo, Japan
3. Restaurant André, Singapore
4. Amber, Hong Kong
5. Nihonryori Ryugin, Tokyo, Japan
6. Waku Ghin, Singapore
7. Ultraviolet, Shanghai, China
8. Nahm, Bangkok, Thailand
9. Indian Accent, New Delhi, India
10. Lung King Heen, Hong Kong
11. Hajime Restaurant, Osaka, Japan
12. Les Amis, Singapore, Singapore
13. 8 ½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana, Hong Kong
14. Burnt Ends, Singapore
15. Mingles, Seoul, Korea
16. L'Effervescence, Tokyo, Japan
17. Corner House, Singapore
18. Fu He Hui, Shanghai, China
19. Issaya Siamese Club, Bangkok, Thailand
20. Quintessence, Tokyo, Japan
21. Shinji by Kanesaka, Singapore
22. Jungsik, Seoul, Korea
23. Eat Me, Bangkok, Thailand
24. Takazawa, Tokyo, Japan
25. Ministry Of Crab, Colombo, Sri Lanka
26. Sushi Saito, Tokyo, Japan
27. The Chairman, Hong Kong
28. Mr And Mrs Bund, Shanghai, China
29. Jaan, Singapore
30. Le Mout, Taichung, Taiwan
31. La Maison De La Nature Goh, Fukuoka, Japan
31. Tippling Club, Singapore
33. Tenku Ryugin, Hong Kong
34. Fook Lam Moon, Hong Kong
35. Robuchon Au Dome, Macau
36. Iggy's, Singapore
37. Den, Tokyo, Japan
38. Wild Rocket, Singapore
39. Gallery Vask, Manila, Philippines
40. L'Atelier De Joel Robuchon, Hong Kong
41. Bo Innovation, Hong Kong
42. Kikunoi, Kyoto, Japan
43. Cuisine Wat Damnak, Siem Reap, Cambodia
44. Wasabi By Morimoto, Mumbai, India
45. Bukhara, New Delhi, India
46. Raw , Taipei, Taiwan
47. Nihonbashi, Colombo, Sri Lanka
48. Ta Vie, Hong Kong
49. Locavore, Bali, Indonesia
50. La Yeon, Seoul, Korea

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Hikone Castle The Genkyu-en Gardens!

This is the third and final episode about Hikone castle and we take a look at the Genkyu-en garden.
Along these endearing paths you will find representations of Chikubu Island and Oki-no-shiraishi (a stand of white rocks to the west in Lake Biwa). Borrowing the idea from Chinese tradition (specifically, the Shosho-Hakkei of Lake Dong Ting, Hunan Province), eight scenic beauties were identified in Omi (present Shiga Prefecture) and are called the Omi Hakkei. Each of these is also represented in the garden.
The garden was named after Emperor Zuan Song's palace in ancient China. It is a classic example of early Edo landscaping, and has been designated a natural scenic beauty.
It's a very beautiful garden and worthwhile your visit. Hope you enjoyed this series on Hikone castle, stay tuned to my channel for more entertaining videos about Kyoto and Nara. See ya....

Shinto | Wikipedia audio article

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Shinto


00:03:20 1 Types
00:06:14 2 Theology and cosmology
00:06:24 2.1 iKami/i
00:08:49 2.2 iKannagara/i
00:09:29 2.3 iAmenominakanushi/i
00:11:12 2.4 Creation of Japan
00:13:11 2.5 Impurity
00:14:02 2.6 Purification
00:14:50 3 Afterlife
00:16:34 3.1 Shinto funeral
00:17:17 4 Shrines
00:19:22 4.1 Notable shrines
00:21:23 5 Practices
00:21:32 5.1 iOmairi/i
00:23:12 5.2 iHarae/i
00:23:48 5.3 iMisogi/i
00:24:52 5.4 iImi/i
00:25:28 5.5 Amulets and talismans
00:27:26 5.6 iKagura/i
00:33:02 6 History
00:33:10 6.1 Historical records
00:34:15 6.2 Origins
00:37:21 6.3 Jōmon Period
00:38:22 6.4 Yayoi Period
00:39:56 6.5 Kofun Period
00:41:42 6.6 Asuka Period
00:43:20 6.7 Hakuho Period
00:45:09 6.8 Nara Period
00:47:05 6.9 Syncretism with Buddhism
00:48:13 6.10 iKokugaku/i
00:49:31 6.11 State Shinto
00:52:35 6.12 Post-war
00:54:45 6.13 Sect Shinto
00:55:15 7 See also



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Shinto (神道, Shintō) or kami-no-michi (among other names) is the traditional religion of Japan that focuses on ritual practices to be carried out diligently to establish a connection between present-day Japan and its ancient past.Shinto practices were first recorded and codified in the written historical records of the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki in the 8th century. Still, these earliest Japanese writings do not refer to a unified religion, but rather to a collection of native beliefs and mythology. Shinto today is the religion of public shrines devoted to the worship of a multitude of spirits, essences (kami), suited to various purposes such as war memorials and harvest festivals, and applies as well to various sectarian organizations. Practitioners express their diverse beliefs through a standard language and practice, adopting a similar style in dress and ritual, dating from around the time of the Nara and Heian periods (8th–12th century).The word Shinto (Way of the Gods) was adopted, originally as Jindō or Shindō, from the written Chinese Shendao (神道, pinyin: shéndào), combining two kanji: shin (神), meaning spirit or kami; and michi (道), path, meaning a philosophical path or study (from the Chinese word dào). The oldest recorded usage of the word Shindo is from the second half of the 6th century. Kami is rendered in English as spirits, essences, or gods, and refers to the energy generating the phenomena. Since the Japanese language does not distinguish between singular and plural, kami also refers to the singular divinity, or sacred essence, that manifests in multiple forms: rocks, trees, rivers, animals, places, and even people can be said to possess the nature of kami. Kami and people are not separate; they exist within the same world and share its interrelated complexity.As much as nearly 80% of the population in Japan participates in Shinto practices or rituals, but only a small percentage of these identify themselves as Shintoists in surveys. This is because Shinto has different meanings in Japan. Most of the Japanese attend Shinto shrines and beseech kami without belonging to an institutional Shinto religion. There are no formal rituals to become a practitioner of folk Shinto. Thus, Shinto membership is often estimated counting only those who do join organised Shinto sects. Shinto has about 81,000 shrines and about 85,000 priests in the country. According to surveys carried out in 2006 and 2008, less than 40% of the population of Japan identifies with an organised religion: around 35% are Buddhists, 3% to 4% are members of Shinto sects and derived religions. In 2008, 26% of the participants reported often visiting Shinto shrines, while only 16.2% expressed belief in the existence of a god or gods (神) in general.According to Inoue (2003): In modern scholarship, the term is often used with reference to kami worship and related theologies, rituals and practices. In these contexts, 'Shinto' takes on the meaning of 'Japan's traditional religion', as opposed to foreign religions ...