{"product_id":"akira-vale-japanese-folk-lore-kami-traditions-9781970565577","title":"Japanese Folk Lore \u0026 Kami Traditions","description":"Sacred Spirits, Ancestral Beliefs, and Cultural Practices Rooted in Japanese Heritage\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAt dawn in a quiet neighborhood, a doorway is swept. Water is poured. A rope of twisted straw marks a threshold where the ordinary pauses and something unseen is quietly acknowledged. In Japan, spirituality has never been confined to temples alone-it lives in gestures, seasons, stories, and the land itself.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nJapanese Folk Lore \u0026amp; Kami Traditions is an immersive exploration of Japan's living spiritual landscape, where mountains listen, ancestors remain present, and everyday actions carry sacred meaning. Rather than presenting Shinto and folklore as distant belief systems, this book reveals them as relational practices-ways of noticing, caring, and belonging shaped by place, memory, and community.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBlending anthropology, folklore, and narrative storytelling, the book guides readers through:\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe meaning of kami as presence rather than doctrine\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSacred landscapes-mountains, rivers, trees, and stones-as living participants in daily life\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHousehold altars, ancestral remembrance, and seasonal rhythms\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFolktales as cultural memory systems that encode ethics and survival\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFestivals, processions, symbols, and material markers of the sacred\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSyncretism between Shinto, Buddhism, and local practice\n\u003cbr\u003e\nRegional traditions and modern adaptations of ancient beliefs\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWritten with warmth, clarity, and deep respect, this is not a how-to ritual manual nor a romanticized overview. Instead, it offers readers a thoughtful framework for understanding Japanese folk spirituality on its own terms-without appropriation, oversimplification, or exoticism.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhether you are a student of culture, a reader drawn to mythology and folklore, a traveler seeking deeper context, or simply curious about how meaning is woven into everyday life, Japanese Folk Lore \u0026amp; Kami Traditions invites you to slow down, listen closely, and step gently across a threshold into a world where spirit and daily life are inseparable.","brand":"PublishDrive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53819969143126,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/akira-vale-japanese-folk-lore-kami-traditions-9781970565577","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}