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Looking Towards Nirai Kanai
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2025
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Many old tombs in Okinawa were built facing the sea. This is because of the belief that the spirits of the dead would go back [after death] to their original ancestral village [Nirai Kanai] from which also come the gods that bring blessings and fruits.
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