As the 20th century came to a close, 40 percent of all Buddhists in America resided in Southern California. The Los Angeles metropolitan area has become unique in the Buddhist world as the only place where representative organizations of every major school of Buddhism can be found in a single urban center [145]. The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Northern California and Hsi Lai Temple in Los Angeles, Southern California, are two of the largest Buddhist temples in the Western Hemisphere. More
(Feb. 18, 2026) Los Angeles is known for being the home of Hollywood and having some of the world's best beaches, but it also has a much darker side: a notorious hub for human sex trafficking Pimp Epstein and Madame Maxwell would envy. More: abc7.com/post/sex-plain-sight...
Good sportsmanship 👼⚾🧢 means being friends after a fair win. Someone has to lose in capitalist competitions, and everyone knows that going in (only no one knows it might be them).
(seerasan) Baseball is as Japanese as rice and Zen or mamasan and sushi
Happy b-day, Fernando's ghost
Mexican pitching marvel Fernando Valenzuela comes through for the Dodgers again. Although his contribution this year was posthumous, it is his birthday and it is the Day of the Dead, and something unseen pushed Yoshinobu Yamamoto to greatest tonight. It has to seem supernatural to overcome the odds and win the biggest game of his life. There may be trouble in celebratory Los Angeles, still reeling from Halloween Carnival in West Hollywood tonight, Samhain trick-or-treaters going all night, and the seasonal festivities of Christian-Pagan syncretism.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto (山本 由伸, born 1998) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
He previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Orix Buffaloes, where he became one of the most decorated pitchers in league history.
Between 2021 and 2023, Yamamoto won three consecutive Pacific League Most Valuable Player Awards, three Eiji Sawamura Awards, and three Triple Crowns, leading the league in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average in each of those seasons.
Shohei Ohtani is having fun, and that's gotta hurt.
He also threw two no-hitters and was a key figure in Orix’s 2022 Japan Series championship.
Following the 2023 season, Yamamoto was posted to MLB and signed a 12-year, $325 million contract with the Dodgers—the largest ever for a pitcher at the time.
In his rookie MLB season, he contributed to Los Angeles’ 2024 World Series title, becoming the first player in baseball history to win a World Series, an Olympic gold medal, and a World Baseball Classic title.
In 2025, Yamamoto was named to his first All-Star game. Internationally, he has represented Japan in multiple tournaments, earning gold medals at the 2019 WBSC Premier12, the 2020 Summer Olympics, and the 2023 World Baseball Classic. More
Somewhere there's a Shohei Ohtani Industrial Complex, and that somewhere is Japan, extending to other islands like Hawaii and California (which is also an island according to many European maps)
(Oriental Pearl) Premiered Oct. 9, 2025: TOKYO. Is Japan cooked? I (Oriental Pearl) have seen a lot of changes here in the last few years. And things seem to be getting worse.
(Broke But Rich) Feb. 22, 2025: Dive into the dark side of Japan with us as we explore the world of "standing girls" ("sign girls")—infantilized females who wait in public streets to sell themselves. This isn't the typical nightlife scene. Buddhist Japan’s unique culture -- and attitude towards sex (as with the ancient geisha courtesans) -- has created an unexpected environment where this underground trade operates in plain sight. But why does it happen? And what’s the real story behind these women?
It might be more entertaining to see Babymetal at the Intuit Dome, LA
Get ready for the ultimate K-POP experience. 102.7 KIIS FM and China Airlines from Taiwan are sending one lucky winner and a guest on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Tokyo, Japan, to see BLACKPINK live in concert—all thanks to China Airlines, proudly from Taiwan since 1959.
(BLACKPINK) Killing it at Coachella 2023 with "Pretty Savage"
The grand prize includes:
Two roundtrip flights to Tokyo on China Airlines from one of the six China Airlines U.S. gateways
$1,200 in cash to use toward hotel stay
$1,000 in spending money for food, shopping, and unforgettable experiences
Two tickets to see BLACKPINK live at the Tokyo Dome on January 16th, 2026
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From city lights to stage lights, experience Asia on beat and in tour with China Airlines—from the blinking lights of Bangkok to the circus of Seoul and ending with the mayhem and madness happening in Tokyo.
It’s also possible to stop in Indonesia, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Singapore along the way—where every stop is part of the journey. Book now at China-Airlines.com. History’s calling. Are you boarding?
I don't remember. All I know is that Decoy's human, Shohei, hit a 50/50 ball, some lady guy in a green shirt (see below) dropped it after almost catching it, and now it's going up for auction. Ohtani’s 50th home run ball heads to auction (MSN) And the short and long of it is, I must have THIS ball.
Why this one? I'll get you one just like it from the Dodger's souvenir shop, and if you really want, I'll forge his signature like his translator would in a situation like this.
Are you mad?! Are you insane?! Are you bonkers?! It has to be this one, different than all the others in all the universes in all the world. He's the Great Golden Hope!
Don't gamble. The Fix Is Still In
Golden?
Yellow, gold, whatever! He is the pride of Japan, the pride of Los Angeles, the pride of baseball! And a bat he was holding dented and nearly knocked the stuffing out of this precious globe, and if I don't get it, I will -- no, no, there will be no contingency plan. I have to outbid everyone on the auction block. That's all there is to it.
He's married, you know? (See video below).
WHAT?!?! Nooooo! We were supposed to best buds bonded in baseball glory, for the love of the game, boys only! Or he could marry my sister so we could always hang out!!
What is your back up plan just in case someone else steals the grand prize and outbids you?
I do have one, sadly. I just don't know if it'll catch on among millions of fans and create a viable market to profit from selling in the future:
Lisa, I want to learn Zen in Japan from an old master, so I'm going to need some "ha sos" and "chop chops," you know, some Japanese lessons. Think you can help me with that? Hai?
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This'll be hot, you Dancing like a Dharma Unicorn. Wait, WTF?
(Andrew Rousso) A Buddhist TikTok, who ever heard of such a thing?
If the gov't tries to take away my TikTok, I will...
Our Snapchat posts kept disappearing, even after we rewrote and reposted them. It seems they weren't hanging around long enough for more than one person to read them. But never mind. We're finally ready to roll out our new TikTok account of viral video releases, dance moves, a compilation of quick Dharma factoids, and lucid quotes summarizing the path to enlightenment.
Oops. Wait. This just in. The government is shutting down the app because it's afraid the Chinese are beating us at our own game. We're supposed to rule the internet technologically -- and the world militarily -- through the CIA/Pentagon/Industry (multinational corporations) called "the military-industrial complex." There's no way we can allow China, as it advances and grows in power even as it begins to dwindle in population, to get a leg up. Like Russia, both must be brought to, how would former Secretary of State Hillary put it? Brought to heel, like a beggar, slave, or lapdog.
Mirror mirror on the way, who's...
New House bill would require TikTok to divest from its parent company There are growing calls that the US has to shut down popular site (170 million posting and billions watching) because, it says, it fears the personal information TikTok picks up from its users could fall into the wrong hands, the Chinese government.
Chinese government] or face being shut down in the US...TikTok urges its users to call Congress, stop 'TikTok shutdown' | The Hill... TikTok is messaging users urging them to call Congress and oppose a bill that could lead to a U.S. ban of the app, a spokesperson confirmed.
Various events and festivals take place during this time. Particularly in the capital, Tokyo, there are many annual traditions and significant gatherings such as the Asakusa Samba Carnival and the Tokyo Game Show.
The kami shapeshifting spirit beings of Shinto
For those planning to visit Tokyo in September, let's introduce some recommended events. Be sure to check them out and consider visiting.
With more radiation than anywhere in the world (US war crimes killing citizens in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the very suspect failure of Fukushima), how do Japanese live so long?
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