/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

Here is a thought, /jp/ why not open a Shinto Shrine in the USA?

[Anonymous No.]

It would be firebombed by people in ten gallon white hoods.

[Anonymous No.]

lol shinto is state religion or at least was and would probably never be supported by americans. because of war, concentration camps (usa), emperor etc. probably alike question would be "why not build mosques for islam radicals."

[Anonymous No.]

Where would you find an american girl pure enough to be a shrine maiden?

[Anonymous No.]

>>7780058
You'd have to breed a pure strain and keep them isolated from American society.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7780056
>lol

[Anonymous No.]

>>7780056

But they're doing that too. And considering 9/11 was only a little while back and that doesn't seem to bother anybody, some little war 70 years ago should already be well forgotten by now.

I'm actually rather surprised that there aren't shinto shrines in United States. But there are buddhist temples, right?

[Anonymous No.]

Well, why don't you just open one?

[Anonymous No.]

The Japanese dont even have people who believe in it.

[Anonymous No.]

Shinto is basically just going to temples a few times a year and partecipating in festivals whenever there's one, the rest is all nationalistic fluff written on the fly.
It literally has no sense outside of Japan.

[HelenXonpool !a0yHhBwvus No.]

>>7780084

Pretty much.
You can believe in the pantheon if you like (for all the good it will do), but shinto as an institution isn't really a religion. It's more of an expression of Japanese cultural identity.

[Anonymous No.]

What about as a tourist attraction?

[Anonymous No.]

>>7780153
Tourists want to have sex, gorge themselves and pollute the places they visit. They don't care about some boring Shinto temple filled with old women and men.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7780084
>just going to temples a few times a year and partecipating in festivals whenever there's one

Sounds like it has a lot of potential anywhere in the world, actually.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7780174

So make them young women.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7780190
How do you propose we go about doing that?

[Anonymous No.]

>>7780181

It doesn't count if people don't get someone to blame for their stupidity.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7780181
>Sounds like it has a lot of potential anywhere in the world, actually.
Anywhere else in the world going to community festivals and occurences together isn't thought enough to be a religion so no, not really.

[Anonymous No.]

Japanese "religion" is Japanese culture. They usually wouldn't call themselves Shinto believers. At the same time there actually are many fanatical religions and new religions in Japan who are more like what westerners would think religion is. This monk explains it better than I've ever seen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKd83dZlId8

[Anonymous No.]

Touhou is just a plan to introduce young americans to shinto.Just look at how many other religions have appeared in the recent games, all of them defeated by Reimu

[Anonymous No.]

>Shinto
Hubbub, people need to see and accept the excellence of the Tao!

[Anonymous No.]

>>7786473
Kanako/Suwako is shinto and yet Reimu defeated them anyways

[Anonymous No.]

>>7786501
Reimu is also Shintoist.
The concepts of Shintoism won't be accepted in the US, I think. They basically worship whatever they want, as long as it has a "history". A dog, a cat, some hero of a pile of poo is okay. Youkai and folktale are also important. Building one temple in the US will just be a waste. Who're you worshiping? Some weedy armpit Miko and a vengeful ghost which are fictionally created by an alcoholic?

[Anonymous No.]

>>7786497
We already do.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7786521
>fictionally created by an alcoholic

I see neither a problem nor a difference from any other religion in existence.

[Anonymous No.]

if we can't find any american girls pure enough, are there any traps among us who could be mikos?

[Anonymous No.]

>>7786521
>>7786551
This just made me think about the relationship between animism and shinto, 2D virtual characters and memetics.