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Dr. Aramata: "They brought in high techniques of those days."
But concerning their number, there are several other theories than 190 thousand.
The history record only says 7000 families
So, it depends on how many people there were in one family.
In those days each family was a big one.
Yes.
3-4 generations lived at one house as a family.
So, if a family meant 25-26 people, 7000 families would be nearly 190 thousand people.
And not only they came, they came with high civilization and handed it down to the Japanese.
Now, we'd like to show you the mask from 1300 years ago.
The priest of Osake-jinja shrine, Mr. Inamishima, has brought it here for us.
1300 years ago? Yes.
As I'm looking at your face, you look like having come from far away Israel...
A ha ha, no, no...
It looks the nose was too high and broke one time.
Yes, it looks repaired.
Accentuated carving? Yes.
It also looks like the face of Tengu, Japanese legendary long-nosed goblin.
It is a face with well-defined features, and not a typical Japanese one.
It looks like having come from the West.
Do you sometimes show this to the public?
No, I seldom do it.
This is the first time to have brought it outside.
Oh, thank you very much!
In old days people said, "if you look into it, you will go blind."
In that way this has been handed down carefully till today.
The word "hata-ori (weaving)" also came from the name of Hata people.
They had high techniques for weaving, irrigating, and many things.
They were great.
Thank you for coming today.
New Theory!? Mysteries of Japan! (TV Tokyo. Sept 21, 2007)
Approaching the lost truth!
Tonight, the first mystery is this.
I'd like you to be surprised firstly with this.
The roots of Japan were ancient Israel - Treasures of Solomon in Shikoku.
We found a shocking fact of the connection between Israel and Japan.
And if the treasures of King Solomon are in the mountains of Shikoku, Japan, do you believe it?
In March 2007 remarkable persons arrived at Narita airport in Tokyo.
Rabbi Eliyahu Avichail, head of Amishav, which is an organization to search the Lost Tribes of Israel, and his assistant.
Rabbi Avichail once made 800 people of the Manasseh tribe, etc., return from Myanmar to Israel.
I am planning to investigate Japan also.
Japan is the object of their investigation!
After arrived in Japan, they left for Suwa-taisha shrine in Nagano.
What is there?
What he was interested in was Mt. Moriya.
They began praying at the foot of Mt. Moriya.
What does Mt. Moriya mean to them?
The name of Moriya is the same as the holy mountain Moriah in Jerusalem.
I am investigating if the Lost Tribes of Israel came here.
This area might be connected with them.
He has just begun the investigating, and we are looking forward to their report.
Now, "The roots of Japan Were Ancient Israel: Treasures of Solomon in Shikoku!?"
All the leads were in Kyoto.
The Gion Festival of Kyoto, one of the 3 biggest festival in Japan.
It is held for a whole month, and counted as the festival representing Japan.
But, there are many strange things on the floats.
Design of the floats.
Don't you have a strange impression?
Drawing of the palace of Baghdad.
Camel on desert of Egypt...
These are all scenes of the Silk Road.
Pyramid.
And one more surprising picture is this.
What is this in which a man is drinking from a jar of a woman?
That's "Rebecca giving water to a servant of Abraham."
A story from the Bible, Genesis chapter 24
"Please, lower your jar and let me have a drink,"
Said the servant when he was choosing a wife for Isaac.
What do these mean?
Mr. Shigeru Fukami, president of Gion Festival Floats Association, says...
I am quite sure Gion Festival has the same customs and origin
as Jewish one, in its form, process and result.
Gion Festival is connected to the Jews!?
Mr. Tsutomu Kuji, history researcher, says...
It seems the roots of the Gion Festival were the Zion Festival of King Solomon.
Gion originated from Zion!?
The schedule is also very similar.
The Gion Festival goes on for a month of 7th month.
And in Israel also, it went on for a month from the 1st day of the 7th month.
Table of the similarity of the schedules.
Especially, the biggest event of the Gion Festival is held on the 17th day of the 7th month.
Surprisingly this was a holy day for the ancient Israelites.
It was the day when the ark of Noah rested on Mt. Ararat.
And for the Israelites it was the day to remember the new start.
Mr. Arimasa Kubo, Bible expositor, says...
The Japanese people carry the Omikoshi ark at festivals, you know.
The roots of Omikoshi ark are the lost ark of ancient Israel, so-called the treasure of Solomon.
The lost ark is what Indiana Jones looked for in the movie.
It was the divine box of ancient Israel.
It disappeared around the time when the Israelites were scattered.
The ark of Israel was the model for Japanese the Omikoshi ark.
The ark of Israel was the movable shrine.
Inside it were 3 holy treasures.
Surely it resembles the Omikoshi ark.
Both are carried on 2 bars.
Both are covered with gold.
And both are movable shrines.
Concerning this Omikoshi ark, Mr. Eli Cohen, ambassador of Israel, also said,
"Essa" has a Hebrew meaning.
In Hebrew it means "to carry" or "pick up."
The people shout "Essa" has the meaning of "carry" in Hebrew.
Where did the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel go? It is said that they were scattered to Asia.
Concerning this, Jewish researchers are now very interested in a specific place of Japan.
I hear Mr. Cohen is now investigating...
Tokushima prefecture in Shikoku island, Japan.
Mr. Cohen is the former ambassador of Israel to Japan.
He is now investigating in Tokushima, Shikoku.
The ambassador came here twice.
He was looking for the ark of ancient Israel.
He said, "it might be somewhere around here."
He visit was also reported by the local television.
His investigation was so eager that the local people were surprised.
What did he investigate?
To meet him who went back to his country, we flew to Israel.
How are you? Very good, and you?
What did you find in Tokushima?
I don't know the age of it but I found a Menorah mark, Jewish symbol, at a shrine in Tokushima.
He explained it with the book he wrote.
He also says the ancient shrine he saw there was very similar to Jewish one.
There are too many if we think of them as just a coincidence.
What in Tokushima are you interested in the most?
Mt. Tsurugi!
It is a mountain located at the center of Tokushima.
The mountain has a lot of caves and legends.
What a story!
That very old festival has a camel picture.
I was surprised. I knew nothing about it.
The show is halfway and will continue later.
Well, now, Mr. Arimasa Kubo, Bible expositor, is with us.
Gion Festival originated from Zion Festival?
Yes, the first Gion Festival began with the prayer that plagues might not spread.
And the festival of Jerusalem in the 7th month also started with the same prayer.
The start was the King Solomon's prayer that plagues might not spread in Israel.
And the content is also similar as well as the start.
There are also places with the same names in Israel and Japan.
Jerusalem means "the city of peace."
Kyoto in Japan means the same, for in old days it was called "the city of peace" (Heiankyo).
The ancient name for the Sea of Galilee was the Sea of Kinnereth which meant a "Harp."
Similarly, Biwako Lake near Kyoto means a "harp."
Moreover, the Japanese language has many similarities!
Hebrew "kathab (write)" is...
"Kaku" in Japanese.
Hebrew "tol (take)" is...
"Toru" in Japanese.
Hebrew "Shev (sit, dwell)" is...
In Japanese "sumu (dwell)".
Hebrew "harav (perish)" is...
That is "horobu" in Japanese.
How about Hebrew "halal (purify)"?
"Harau" in Japanese.
Shinto purification!
And how about Hebrew Aramic "hakeshu (clap hands)?"
You may think there is no similar word in Japanese but...
there is!
Tissue?
That's not a Japanese word.
The word is "hakushu (clap hands)."
So, teacher, if I say to the Jews, "Hakushu," will they understand?
I think they will. These are just a few examples.
There are more than 500 similar words in meaning and sound between Japanese and Hebrew.
What do you think, Mr. Sawamura?