Hiroko Yoda

We cannot erase it.

And so today, that is what we are, you know, that's what we see.

And also all the tourists see in our country.

It's just holy ground and everywhere.

It's open to anyone so long as people in a respectful manner.

Anybody can go in.

Anybody can show respect and having fun.

The idiom that you mentioned, Japanese are born Shinto, married Christian, and die Buddhist.

So that's right there.

We are comfortable adopting, incorporating different belief systems.

And, well, the Shinto, the born, I mean, of course, you know, the things are a little bit complicated than that.

But there's a tradition that the parents, when a baby newborn is born, parents often take the baby, their baby, to Shinto shrine and then greet coming.

It's a happy thing.

A lot of people do it.

Marry Christian.

My husband is American, and we had Christian style wedding.

Style, okay?

Beautiful, beautiful white dress because I wanted to wear a white dress.

So we had a ceremony, church-like wedding hall.

And then we had a priest, quote-unquote.