G. Yamazawa - "Elementary"

In this powerful slam performance, award-winning poet George Yamazawa recounts his earliest memories of teasing classmates by calling them “gay,” and the reaction he got from his Buddhist father. In rhythmic verse, Yamazawa talks about the power of words as insults and poetry, and the love that Buddhism inspires.

Japan, The Land of the Disappearing Buddha

This is an old film about Buddhism in Japan, but well worth watching. The Land of the Disappearing Buddha – Japan. From The Long Search (BBC 1977) series by Ron Eyre.

‘Invisible Snow’, Mopping up Radiation with Sunflowers

This is a short film about a Buddhist monk, Koyu Abe, who instigated the planting of millions of sunflowers and other plants, beginning at his temple,Joenji, and spreading out into the surrounding area. The flowers are believed to absorb the radiation coming from the Fukushima nuclear plant.