soothsayer/fortune teller

[drayvin69]

Does anyone know where to find one on Okinawa?

[Jrocka83]

Does anyone know where to find one on Okinawa?

Theres on that sits on Kokusai-Dori at night, you may want to bring a Japanese friend to translate.

[Sif: wife of Thor]

There's a lady @ Da Right Touch nail salon on Route 58 that will read tarot cards and do a reading for you...not sure what she charges, but her engrish is good.

[okisteve]

I suspect there's quite a lot of them around. I can give you directions to one in my neighborhood in Naha if you want. It's a regular shop with a sign out front, been there for a while.

[Asshat]

I suspect there's quite a lot of them around. I can give you directions to one in my neighborhood in Naha if you want. It's a regular shop with a sign out front, been there for a while.

I had a brief experience with a yutta once. Scary. woman looked right through me.

[Trail]

I never had a fortune told. Besides in fortune cookies and I am sure they do not count. I don't think I want to know my fortune either. Ignorance is bliss.

[Jrocka83]

I had a brief experience with a yutta once. Scary. woman looked right through me.

Whats a yutta?

[P_chan]

Aren't yutta an okinawan priestess or something like that?

Oh and I love your new avatar jrocka:thumbup:

[drayvin69]

just wanted to say thanks for the responses!

Ohh and I too would like to know what a yutta is. And where can I find them.

[okisteve]

Aren't yutta an okinawan priestess or something like that?

Oh and I love your new avatar jrocka:thumbup:

You pays your money and you takes your choice:
The kaminchu and yuta are the two principle figures of Okinawan shamanism, which holds that good and evil spirits pervade the world and they can be summoned or heard through mediums. Both roles are assumed by women. In the Okinawan villages, the kaminchu is a priestess in charge of religious rites. As the office of the kaminchu is hereditary, she is selected from a specific family lineage and holds the position, which usually begins in middle age, for life. Originally, the kaminchu was a shaman possessed with supernatural powers, but today shamanism is no longer associated with the kaminchu, her function limited only to the performance of religious rites.
The yuta, or shaman, is an intermediary between the worlds of the spirits and the living. The yuta, with supernatural powers of seeing and hearing, are believed to be able to discern the causes of misfortunes and suggest proper action to be taken. Thus, they are called upon when tragedies strike or when any unusual, ominous events occur. Examples of problems for which they are consulted include ill health, dream analysis, suitability of marriage partner, matters related to the tomb, selection of a house site, economic hardships, and even politics. In Okinawa, where women have traditionally held the predominant role in religion, the yuta and her practices are deeply rooted in the social structure.
Playing a lesser role than the kaminchu and yuta in Okinawan shamanism, the sanjinso is a fortune teller or diviner who determines personal fortunes. Men have exclusively held this profession. Unlike the yuta who possesses supernatural powers, the sanjinso makes his prognosis from the lunar almanac, I Ching, and other books on Chinese occult lore. The sanjinso is consulted when selecting auspicious days for engagements, marriages, funerals, buying and selling houses, moving, and traveling.

The first house we lived in here had been lived in for a long time by a yuta, and people kept showing up at the door asking for her, usually nicely-dressed old folks. I understand that they are fairly controversial figures now, and there have been attempts from time to time to restrict their activities because there were cases of some taking advantage of clients. I think the sanjinso must be considered more legit since they have regular shops in main areas.

[Black Orchid]

hmmm interesting stuff

[socalheart]

isn't there a fortune teller next to the starbucks in mihama who reads tarot cards still? it's been a while since I saw her there...

my mom had my fortune read in hong kong when I was a kid. it was a good fortune and is so far pretty on the nose. heh. :thumbup:

[Jrocka83]

You pays your money and you takes your choice:


The first house we lived in here had been lived in for a long time by a yuta, and people kept showing up at the door asking for her, usually nicely-dressed old folks. I understand that they are fairly controversial figures now, and there have been attempts from time to time to restrict their activities because there were cases of some taking advantage of clients. I think the sanjinso must be considered more legit since they have regular shops in main areas.

Breaking news.. I just talked to my wife about Yutta's. She told that this old lady that had stoped by our house on two different occasions was a yutta. The wierd part is that, we live on base, but there are old tombs near are housing. No one else around us has complained about an old woman, stoping by in our complex. I wonder if she has something to tell us? Everytime we just close the door on her, she looks a little scary:ohmy:.