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A “Yamabushi” – a certain type of religious man in Japan – ties a black small box called a “tokin” with a black cord to his forehead. This is similar to the Jewish tefillin (phylacteries). However, the “tokin” is round and flower-like.

Here’s a video that tries to show the connection between the Jews and the Japanese. Note at about 3:25 in the video you can see Japanese men wearing “tefillin.”

The yamabushi also used a large seashell as a horn, which the article claims is reminiscent of a shofar. There is also a legend where a yamabushi-like character receives a “tora-no-maki” – derived from “Torah?” (No real Torah scrolls have ever been found in Japan.)

The Japanese carry an ark called “omikoshi” during festivals. There is some resemblance to the Israelites’ ark of the covenant. The Japanese sing and dance in front of it with song to the sounds of musical instruments. The Japanese carry the “omikoshi” on their shoulders with poles – usually two poles, which also has similarities to the Israelites carrying the ark.

The similarities continue: the Israelite ark had two statues of gold kruvim (a type of angel) on its top. Japanese “omikoshi” also have on its top a gold bird (called a “Ho-oh”). The “omikoshi” are often overlaid partly and sometimes entirely with gold. At the Shinto shrine festival of “Gion-jinja” in Kyoto, men carry “omikoshi,” then enter a river, and cross it – a connection with the Israelites exodus from Egypt? (Although the ark was not fashioned until after the crossing of the Red Sea.)

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