This video is about building Kamigawa from the artifacts and histories of feudal Japan. It's also about a very old tree.

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Music:
Blue Dot Sessions Arctic Draba
Blue Dot Sessions An Oddly Formal Dance
Blue Dot Sessions A Simple Blur
Blue Dot Sessions Building the Sled

Chapters:
0:00 Card Kingdom & Coalesce
0:27 The Great Cedar of Yakushima Island
2:54 Building Kamigawa
11:07 Writing Flavor Text with Rei Nakazawa
15:52 "Shinto Gone Wrong" and the Culture Gap
19:40 Every Card a Reference
23:42 Kamigawa is Old
26:31 Guest Flavor Text Readings

Sources:
https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Kamigawa Kamigawa Wiki
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles... Behind the Scenes: Creating Kamigawa (2004)
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles... A Series of Fortunate Events: Kamigawa World Design (2004)
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles... Kamigawa Glossary
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles... Truth in Fantasy WotC (2005)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pom_Poko Pom Poko Wiki
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles... Creative Side of Kamigawa (2005)
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles... Tales From Beyond the Veil (2005)
   • Magic: The Gathering History   Champ...   History of Champions of Kamigawa
https://magic.wizards.com/en/story/pl... Kamigawa Plane Profile
https://www.mtgsalvation.com/articles... The World of Kamigawa
https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/jayann... Preparing for Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (2021)
https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/20... A Planeswalker’s Guide to Earth – Kamigawa Revisited (2015)
https://articles.starcitygames.com/ar... On the Fictional Religions of Magic (2014)
http://blog.killgold.fish/2014/10/kil... Kill reviews: Kamigawa
http://web.archive.org/web/2004101201... Land of TenThousand Legends (2004)
https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/searc... Doug Beyer Tumblr
https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/20... A Planeswalker’s Guide to Earth: Revisited (2015)
https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/20... We’re not going back to Kamigawa (2015)
https://blog.cardkingdom.com/kamigawa... Neon Dynasty Primer
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/net... Netsuke Art
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20... Yamabushi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8D... Jōmon Sugi
https://web.archive.org/web/200906290... Protected Trees in Japan
http://www.rachelsussman.com/portfoli... Rachel Sussman
https://www.mimusubi.com/aboutmimusubi/ David Chart’s website
https://japancheapo.com/entertainment... Jomon Sugi Hike
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gory%C5%8D Goryo
https://www.festivalofjapan.co.uk/inf... Kanzashi
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