Author, documentary filmmaker, and adventurer Karin Muller has traveled from one end of Japan to the other, living among the people and studying both Japan's ancient culture and its modern ways. She followed dervish mountain cults that undertake such shamanistic practices as fire walking, icy waterfall immersion, and exorcism. She joined a samurai mounted archery team and learned how to handle a longbow on a galloping horse, and she helped light 10,000 floating lanterns during Obon, the Festival of the Dead. Muller visited the Geographical Society at the Ethical Society Building and gave a unique and eclectic multimedia presentation, enabling her audience to see and appreciate honne, the true inner character of Japan. |
