God of Japan

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Yoritomo who opened the Kamakura Shogunate.
Ieyasu who opened the Edo Shogunate.
Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, Shingen, Kenshin, warlords of the Warring States period.
The first feudal lord of the Edo period
Everyone has become a god.
When Emperor Showa was a child, he named the frog that died mercifully as the frog Dai-myo-Jin.
Dai-myo-Jin is a Japanese god.
After the Meiji era, soldiers who died in the war became gods.
Even war criminals are enshrined as gods.
In Japan, anyone can become a god if the emperor approves.
Swords, stones, and even penises are worshiped as having a god.
Therefore, there are countless shrines all over Japan.

A Niiname-no-Matsuri festival similar to Thanksgiving was held at the shrine.
Before the Shinto ritual, good people throw money and donate tamagushi.
I don't.
Participants will wear ceremonial clothing and participate in the Niiname-no-Matsuri festival.
I also wear it.
The door opens and vegetables, rice cakes, sea bream, etc. are carried as offerings to the gods.
The words that speak to God are read.
And the representative offers a tamagushi.
I will imitate him, bow twice, applaud two, and finally bow once.The mayor, prefectural mayor, Parliamentary Secretary (in some cases directly), city council member, head teachers, etc. are lined up.
However, due to the influence of Corona, They did not participate this year.
I was always wondering why they were participating.
And that's the conclusion I've been thinking about for four years.
"It's because they  were asked to come to the shrine. 
They can refuse.
 If they refuse, they won't be criticized, 
but Some people may feel bad about them.
they are worried when they think about it this way. 
They are worried because They are conscious of elections. "
This is the conclusion I have drawn.

I don't believe Shinto.
Others don't believe it.
Still, We visit a shrine in the new year.
We go to a shrine when our child is 3, 5 or 7 years old.
We buy amulets from the shrine every year.
We will make a lot of donations.
I’m the average Japanese who pretended to be indifferent and had a wedding in front of God.
I take the Japanese god negatively, but I don't tell others.
I don't think anyone blames me for opposition to nationalism.
Still, I'm a little worried.
So I don't say.
It's the same as a politician.

The person who served as the town chairman serves as a shrine committee member.
"Why did you become the shrine committee and the town chairman?"
I was asked by an acquaintance.
He was also asked by someone to be the shrine committee and the town chairman.
But no one blames me, even if I refuse.
"Why didn't you refuse?"
If I refuse, others will do it.
The town chairman is a volunteer.
However, some people quit the neighborhood association because they don't want to be an officer of the neighborhood.
"Why don't I leave?"
No one blames me, if I leave.
"But someone can blame me"
I don't have to worry about the eyes of others, but the Japanese can't leave.
We care about the eyes of others and cannot refuse the town chairman.
Being a shrine committee member is the same as a politician.
The Japanese god lives in an undeniable feeling.