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Originally Posted by Kuroneko
I have to completly agree with you on this, Actually I had a very similar conversation with a woman that has lived in Japan for 20+ years a lot of it sounds exactly the same (your not her are you JK  ) |
Thanks for the agreement.
I think that the big thing here is that saying "religion" signifies "worshiping/believing in something that doesn`t exist" to Japanese.
So of course what most people do wouldn`t classify as such, because, they may likely exist. Just like all the cooks in the area who make offerings to the pickle god in our local shrine - Better to make the offerings than risk offending the god. Is it religion? Of course they would say no, because it`s not "worship" as such. But in reality, it is religion.
(Oh, and that definitely isn`t me.
I`ve only been here 9 years, plus I`m still only 26. I highly doubt I could have made it over here at 6!)