Are Japanese People Really Non-Religious? A Question That Followed Me Home from Paris
When I was in college, I went to Paris with a friend. One afternoon, wandering through Montparnasse, a street portrait artist called out to us. “Japanese?” We nodded. “Shinto?” We laughed and shook our heads.At the time it felt obvious. Like a lot of young Japanese people, I thought of myself as non-religious — no…