Traditional religious manifestations in Japanese everyday life
This article is devoted to the study of the religious manifestations of Shintoism and Buddhism in Japanese everyday life: their essence and the issues of preserving their religious content. Using examples from ritual practices, festivals, and business, it reveals whether such phenomena are really regarded as sacred or are perceived as a tribute to tradition. It concludes with conclusions about the existence of traditional, neo-traditional, and non-traditional forms of religious manifestations in everyday life and the duality of attitudes toward these manifestations.