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How did we "define" religion last week?
Human beings’ relation to something that they regard as holy, sacred, absolute, spiritual, divine, or worthy of especial reverence.
Why do many Japanese say that they are not religious?
They have no strict connection to one particular religious organization. At the same time, the same people practice activities that seem ‘religious'.
What is this called in Japanese? A formation of rocks that are thought to be sacred.
Iwato jinja (岩戸神社)
What is the name of the most important shrine in Japan?
伊勢神宮 Ise Jingū
What are the two parts of 伊勢神宮 Ise Jingū?
The Kōtai Jingū (Naikū) and the Toyouke Daijingū (Gekū)
Who is enshrined in the most famous shrine in Japan?
The imperial ancestress Amaterasu.
Who is Toyouke Ōmikami?
He is the guardian of well-being and provides three essentials of human life: cloth, food and shelter.
Ōkuninushi-no-Kami is enshrined where, in which shrine?
Izumo Taisha (出雲大社)
Izumo Taisha (出雲大社) is famous for a huge straw rope. What is the Japanese name of that rope?
shimenawa
Sometimes it is difficult to draw a line between what is religious and what is secular." What does this mean and why is that?
In Japan, religion goes through and connects many things that are not religious for others, and it cannot easily be separated from them.
