There’s a saying, 'Every Japanese is a Shinto when he’s born, a Christian when he marries, and a Buddhist once he dies'. I've learned that Japanese people, most of the times, refrain from talking about two things: politics and religion. Probably that's why it took more than half of a century for the Japanese to seriously think of replacing the Liberal Democrats to lead Japan..
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Japanese society: at crossroads of religion and superstition
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Shinto Priests Walking Through Fire
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Purification rites are at the heart of Shintoism. Check out this beautiful photography of one of the most unusual purification rituals takes place across Japan in the winter and early spring: the “Hiwatari Matsuri,” or fire-walking festival, where mountain priests walk across hot embers in order to purify themselves.
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