Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "Are Japanese people religious?" video.

  1. Amazake nonde kaeru ka... xD I guess Japanese culture would have more Christian inherited habits if it wasn't for the persecution back in the 17th century and earlier. Not sure how much it would have influenced though given that other religious inheritances went over a millennia far back... There is some distinction to be made though, a bit nitpicky. A whole lot of the habits and customs inherited from Buddhism and Shinto in Japan have become part of the culture, and practiced by anyone independent of them being part of any faith or not. Not as a religious thing, but more like a cultural thing. Western nations also have those, markedly through all the Christian related holidays and whatnot. But also, lots of different types of celebration, food culture, pilgrimage, down to small gestures and habits that relates to Christianity somehow. But I guess there are a few things that are still reserved mostly for the followers of the faith, even though in Japan there are way fewer people left that actually believe and have faith on specific sects. So, stuff like cleansing rituals, meditation, shrine maidens, dances... well, there are some that are more reserved for practitioners, and others that already fell into general Japanese culture. Festivals, amulets and divination, kamidana...
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