I was the head of the THC ministry in Japan (yes, I am a minister. Rev. Dr. is my legal title). Cannabis has been used in
EVERY major religion and was used (and in Buddhism still used in some places outside of Japan) in Japan by Shinto and Buddhist practitioners. This was changed after WWII when the Americans occupied Japan. We want to change laws by using freedom of religion (Japan's is almost the same as America's, but you see how well that is working in America) to worship using Cannabis. Japan has bought into America's lies about it and most Japanese believe that it is as bad as heroin. I met many people who smoked in Japan and wanted to join, but fear of prosecution made them decline. Many smoker live on farms in the hills and grow it themselves, but city people take more of a risk.
I never smoked while I was there. As a foreigner you have no rights and the police would love to put you on the news as the "Drug Crazed Gaijin" to make foreigners look worse than they already have.
DON'T DO IT! It is not worth the risk.
THC ministry no longer has a branch in Japan after I left. Japan may change their thinking after the US legalizes it. That may be sooner than you think.
