[grillvogel]

japanese culture predates "the US way" by thousands of years.

[astrange]

Modern Japan was founded in 1868 and then destroyed and rebuilt again in WW2. The people have been there that long, but the country and culture haven't.

[grillvogel]

i dont even know where to begin with how wrong this is. what culture is something like Todai-Ji a part of? since japan was apparently invented in 1868

[astrange]

Modern Japan isn't building Shinto shrines, they're making ugly concrete towers and those houses that seem to be made out of bathroom tile.

[krapp]

>what culture is something like Todai-Ji a part of?

China.

[grillvogel]

whatever you say

[krapp]

You're not aware that Buddhism isn't native to Japan? And here I thought you were a cultural expert on all things Japanese.

Although I did make an error - it's both Korean and Chinese.

[grillvogel]

its a japanese buddhist/shinto temple. an american church isn't roman.

and buddhism isn't chinese.