Christianity in Japan
By olisaur
@olisaur (1922)
United States
September 22, 2010 3:46pm CST
As a quick background story, I am half japanese, christian and attend a Japanese-Christian (as in the services are in japanese and the atendees are mostly of japanese heritage) church, in southern California.
I have met a couple people from Japan that attend church there, but I have also noticed that Christianity in Japan is kind of shunned. Religion in general seems like a very loose or unspoken of topic in Japan.
I also have quite a few Korean friends, and Korean Christianity seems like a much more rapidly growing thing, at least compared to Japanese. There are a ton of HUGEEEE Korean-Christian felowships in my area.
2 responses
@asyria51 (2861)
• United States
22 Sep 10
I lived for a year in japan. I am a loosely affiliated catholic. I show up to the major holidays, and when I am guilt'd into it. Most Japanese people that I knew were Shinto, and form what i gathered were spiritual, but not really religious. There are thriving temples everywhere in japan. I had it explained to me by an older gentlemen that god is everywhere, he is in what you do, what you say and who you spend your time with. he is the beauty in the world, the artist that creates spectacular sunrises and sunsets. You do not need a building to show your thanks to your creator.
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
22 Sep 10
sweet. i have a friend who is a missonary in fugisawa in Japan. i agree with you because they hold onto their old ways. the ways their anscesters have practices religion. they still hold onto shintoism and buddhism. maybe you can go back to Japan as a missionary?
how about setting up a Christian radio station in Japan? the place i work at does that and makes radios
www.galcom.org
