England has its Crown Jewels. But Japan has something very different, a sacred Sword, jewel and Mirror of mythological orogins. Today we try to piece together their long history.

And for the poem today, we have one by Otomo no Yakamochi.

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Intro and Outro music Ocha by Harris Heller.

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Written by Thomas and Heather.