Hata Clan and Inari Faith– category –

English Version In an earlier article on possible origins of the Hata clan, we briefly introduced one popular theory: that the immigrant Hata people may ha

English Version What Did the Mysterious Hata Clan Leave Behind? The Hata clan, a mysterious immigrant clan said to have crossed to Japan as early as the 2n

English Version The spread of Inari worship has more than one possible origin. Shrine records still say that Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari was founded by Hata no I

English Version Among the many figures connected to the Hata clan, Hata no Irogu is one of the names said to have left an influence that reached far beyond

English Version This is the second installment in our series on the Hata clan, the mysterious immigrant lineage often connected to the origins of Inari wor

English Version Have you ever looked closely into how Japan, as a country and culture, came to be? Most people in Japan learn about the Jomon and Yayoi per