How ancient history and modern calamities have cultivated a national obsession with menacing creatures.
Category: Shintoism
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Many Cultures Borrow. Japan Transforms.
Throughout its history, the country has taken imports and changed them into something else entirely.
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How Impermanence Became Central to Japanese Thought
Transience has come to inform so much of Japan’s culture — even its sense of self.
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Why Do Cats Hold Such Mythic Power in Japan?
A journey through a country where felines are revered, adored and sometimes seen as actual demons.