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1. Faith from ancient Japan（the sun and the moon, morning and night）

In Japan, surrounded by the sea and 75% of the land is mountains and forests, the nature is not the life-threatening existence but extremely familiar thing that brings blessings in our lives.

People recognized the existence of deities in nature such as mountains, rivers, waterfalls and huge stones which has been worshiped. The sun has been especially worshiped as the existence to bring blessings to all the things.

The imperial ancestral deity is the deity of the Sun, Amaterasu Omikami.

The moon which illuminates the darkness at night also has been worshiped as the special existence as well.

Mt.Mikasa which is the object of worship in Kasuga Taisha shrine locates at the east where people can view from anywhere in Nara city.

The sun and the moon rise from the Mt.Mikasa so that has been worshiped from 8^th century.

Abeno Nakamaro, the envoy to Tang Dynasty, went to ancient China and died while reminiscing his home and wrote a poem which has well known today.