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Ojizo. The Little Guy Saving You and Yours From the Torments of Hell (Ep. 26)
An ojizo-sama is here to put aside his own enlightenment in order to save us all from the torments of hell. True story. He is especially partial to children, expectant mothers, firemen, travelers, pilgrims, stillborn, miscarried, and aborted babies. Do you have some kind of pain? He's here to take that away, too.
The background binaural sounds are a small group of Japanese men and women playing a game of gateball. They're rooting for each other, taking the piss out of each other, and finally running out of time and losing their games against one another.
Photo by Thersa Matsuura
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Notes: Intro/Outro music by Julyan Ray Matsuura. Here and here. And here.
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