Tradition and Juvenescence
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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Tradition and Juvenescence
Perspectives on Youth and Religion in Japan
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Let's play a game.
Guess closest, but not over. You have 30 seconds for each question.
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Q1: How often is the Ise Jingu (a Shinto shrine) remodeled?
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Every two decades a new, identical shrine using new materials and ancient techniques is built adjacent to the old shrine in a ceremony called “shikinen sengu.”
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Q2: How many hikikomori are there in Japan?
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There are 700,000 hikikomori currently in Japan, with over a million Japanese on the verge of becoming a hikikomori.
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The Japanese yearly economic growth in the 1990's was 0.05% per year (in comparison to the US, where it was 2.6% per year).
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Q4: Until what age did traditional Japanese society consider its youth "amongst the gods?"
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"Under 7, amongst the gods," meaning they were innocent like the gods and could do no wrong.
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Let's get to presentations.
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