religion (Page 3)
Sometimes it’s not how much you steal, but where you steal it from that really gets you in trouble.
Don’t worry if you can’t make it to your local temple! Now you can collect up all the online roasts you’ve received and cast them into this cyberfire.
Buddha, president of the United States also explicitly recognized as potential characters in surprisingly wide-open competition.
A Japanese family wondered why water placed on their family alter kept disappearing. Turns out a furry relative was to blame!
Secular summer festival’s wishing tree gets taken down, clever complaints from students go up instead.
Chief priest cites popularity of miko heroine in anime hit Your Name for increased interest in traditional role.
How does a Catholic believer feel about Japanese Christmas, and what’s it like for a non-believer to go to Christmas Mass?
Two-dimensional fighting game Fight of Gods offends me deeply, but I wonder how religious people feel about it.
It’s all in the name of Japanese culture and tradition.
Serendipity has given RocketNews24 an inside look at the controversial religion currently making headlines: Happy Science.
The butsudan, a traditional religious home furnishing, is the latest unlikely muse for Japan’s continuing anthropomorphization craze.
Just because your loved ones have moved on from this world doesn’t mean they won’t appreciate a little cuteness.
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