There is a hotel in Japan that opened in the year 705.
Not 1705. The year 705.
Rome still had an emperor in Constantinople.
The Vikings hadn't touched a boat yet.
America wouldn't exist for another thousand years.
The same family has run it for 52 generations.
Same hot spring. Same valley. Same job:
take care of the traveler.
It holds the world record as the oldest hotel on Earth,
and it is still taking reservations tonight.
And it's not alone.
A Japanese construction company was founded in 578,
building temples. It operated for over 1,400 years.
Japan has tens of thousands of companies
more than a century old —
more than any other country on the planet.
There's even a word for them: shinise.
Old shop. Said with deep respect.
In a world obsessed with scaling fast,
disrupting everything and selling the company by 40,
Japan quietly built something else:
businesses designed to outlive
everyone who will ever work in them.
Somewhere in Japan tonight, a 52nd-generation innkeeper
is checking the temperature of the same spring
her ancestor checked while Europe was in the Dark Ages.
That's not a business plan.
That's a promise, kept for 1,300 years.
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. 1 Peter 2:9
So I shamelessly drove to the showroom to ask for a test drive.And not only did they give me the car, they gave it to me to test for 3 whole days 🤯.See the sales guy standing on the Fender showing off the cars robustness.Lemme do a thread of my fave things during the test 🧵
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The story of the Leopard in the KONGO tradition
"Ngo" is a kikongo name meaning leopard and which gave birth to the name of KONGO kingdom (Leopard kingdom) which became in modern times CONGO. Central to the history of the country as in the life of the Congolese, the leopard represents far more than just an emblem and a national symbol.
The etymology of "Kongo" means "ally of the leopard", derived from "ko-ngo".
It even arises the myth of the leopard chief, the protector of the realm according to which in case of serious dangers, the populations would rush to him to find refuge. "Tuele ku Ngo" they said. (Translate "We are going to the Leopard" in Kikongo language). So it was the short phrase "ku Ngo" that gave birth to Congo.
Considered since the night of time as a cunning animal, its beautiful skin that always makes dreaming is sacred in the Bantu tradition. The leopard's touch dresses the head of the customary chiefs as a crown. This symbolism is firmly rooted in the subconscious of the bantus.
In Kasai, big chefs are called "mukalenga wa nkashama" which means "mother leopard" or "leopard belly". And at the Otetela family, the chief receives on the day of his inauguration several badges closely related to the sacred animal: two leopard skins, a leopard skin hat, a necklace made of leopard teeth and a spear, all to legitimize his authority.
The panthera pardus (leopard) skin hairstyle has always been in Bantoue society one of the most important and solemn material symbols of traditional power bequeathed by deceased ancestors. #Africa
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