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Why Are There so Few "Yokai" (Supernatural Beings) Throughout Japan, when They Should Be Everywhere? The Compelling Reason Why 100 Different "Kami" (Gods) Are Enshrined on Miyako Island in Okinawa.
Why do the Japanese worship nature as "kami" (gods)? Professor Yasunori Shimamura of the Faculty of Sociology at Kwansei Gakuin University says, "Kami is wisdom for living that arose to communicate with nature beyond human comprehension, and is completely different from a human-centered way of thinking that tries to control nature."
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Why do the Japanese worship nature as "kami" (gods)? Professor Yasunori Shimamura of the Faculty of Sociology at Kwansei Gakuin University says, "Kami is wisdom for living that arose to communicate with nature beyond human comprehension, and is completely different from a human-centered way of thinking that tries to control nature."