The Soul of Japan | Yakushima

People from all over the world agree that Japan is a special place.
In Japan, there is a spiritual way of life — one that faces each and every thing with sincerity.
It is both stimulating and profoundly deep.

This program invites you,
who wish to enrich your spirit,
on a special journey to Japan.

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The social anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss once said that humanity’s most fundamental potential is “the savage mind.”
He also introduced Japan as a country where that primal way of thinking still vividly remains today.

On the island of Yakushima, one can feel traces of these ancient human values in many aspects of life.

A curtain of mist drapes across the mountains.
In the forests of giant trees — some thousands of years old —
the people believe that gods dwell.

The people of Yakushima live with awe, respect, and harmony toward the forest.