• pthaloblue@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    It's not that they're not religious. They just don't pick only one. As they say, "Born Shinto, married Christian, die Buddhist"

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      1 year ago

      I love that quote, that's so accurate. Especially with how many funerary schools are primarily Buddhist in Japan along with the vast majority of their burials. It's actually uncommon for a mortician to prepare a body for a wake.

      • meyotch@slrpnk.net
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        1 year ago

        I had a Japanese boss tell me the state religion of Japan is “being Japanese”. That struck me as being so very true during my few months living there.