Comments by "Jordan, inside-outsider in Japan" (@Jordan-inJapan) on "Shinto in Everyday Japanese Life" video.

Oh, and one more common Shinto ritual that I have recently, personally experienced: 地鎮祭, — ground breaking and purification ceremony for a new home construction. Follows by a later ceremony where we poured sake over the beams of a house to finalize the 棟上げ or frame construction. Both felt very... familiar, as well as new.
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Great video on a topic I’m very much interested in. For one thing, there are Shito shrines everywhere around where I live (not far from Ise Jingu), but none of my Japanese friends seem to know much about it. And I guess this is part of what really interests me... the way Shinto as a way of thought/life is just woven into Japanese culture so tightly that it can become almost invisible to those inside that culture.
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@DavidChart ah, it seems my last reply got caught in Greg’s spam filter. (I should know better than to post links.) Anyway, I agree that it would be a good video topic. And since I’m currently building a new house, I decided to try it. (Parts 1 through 4 at this point). So, uh, feel free to browse if you’re interested, via my icon. <—
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Not much, based on the younger Japanese I know. Partly, it may be due to lack of interest. But also, as the video suggests, it seems like Shinto has become so tightly interwoven into Japanese culture that people don’t even notice it.
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@lainiwakura1776 Yes, I’ve been binge-watching Tokyo Llama since I discovered it a while back. Fascinating stuff... it kind of made me wish I’d bought one of the old abandoned houses in my area instead of building a new place. (Well, there were reasons.) Anyway, my own project can’t complete with the awesomeness of what Jaya is doing. But hopefully it’s still interesting to people... Feel free to check it out if you have time!🍻
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