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Japanese Culture Vs American Culture Essay

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The “small island nation” Japanese have always had very strong values that they pass down to their generations (Kanagy,2013). They teach their children to place others before them, respect their elders, and to always be honest. The country of Japan remained mostly isolated until whale hunters wanted to hunt, and dock in the Japanese territory in 1825 (Japan: Memories). The culture of Japan before World War II, was one of a deep history of knowing one’s place, keeping traditions, and honor. That was something that America had to understand when it came to intergrading with Japan after the war.
Before intergrading with the American culture Japan had a four tier class system, which was active from the twelfth to nineteenth century (Szczepanski). This class system consisted in this order from the highest to lowest shogun, daimyo, (not considered part of the four tier system), the samurai, the farmers and peasants, the artist, then the merchants. A samurai worked for the daimyo, which in turn worked for the shogun. By the end of the feudal era …show more content…

There is no main god or goddess in this belief. Yet, the sun goddess, Amaterausa, is the most important though (Religion In Japan). The kami (spirits or gods) can occupy mountains, trees, flowers, rivers, sacred areas, and sometimes humans (Religion: Shinto). Some of the kami are called ancestor kami, which are the spirits of a person’s realities that have passed on to death, yet still live in spirit to bring about good things for their relatives that are still alive (Religion In Japan). One source states that this religion is as old as Japan (Religion In Japan), yet the other source states that it came the same time Buddhism did in the sixth century B.C. (Religion:

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