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Originally Posted by MMM
I don't know if "hardly taken seriously" is the right word. Tradition is highly revered in Japan, and many of those traditions have religious origins, but it is true that most people don't associate themselves with any one religion, and if you ask probably most Japanese what religion they are they will say "I don't know" or "nothing". That is very different than the West. Even agnostics don't say "nothing".
But other than that minor point, I have come to the same conclusions as you.
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Thanks,
yeah a lot of tradition is founded in religion but most people pay no heed to that, for example going to the shrine at new years, most people aren't even aware that it is remotely religious...