"this is intolerable, but it is also funny..."

To be honest with you, I had to laugh when I read this news．In Nara, there is a rice candy named Budda's booger which is on sale.　The people at the Todaiji (Temple) are so angry, we call this "intolerable". But the shop says "we hope you understand with an open mind". Well, I suppose people think "this is intolerable, but it is also funny. I will try it when I go there".

Similiar to this story, I can see this type of stuff on TV. Mecha ike is a popluar funny, but stupid, variety TV program. They have a show time called Gochiso sama. It is very simple show. People in hoods try to guess what people are eating. I was surprised people can not tell what they are eating without seeing.

Gochoso sama is a word which we say everytime after eating. A form of appreciation for the cook. Sama is a word to call people in polite way. So in the show, there is a Host who looks a Budda named Gochiso sama. And in the show his hair ( you know how budda's head is round) is made by curled spaghetti on the top of his head. When we see this, many people feel "this is intolerable, but it is also funny".

Generally, Japanese are without regilious faith?? No, I feel this is not true. We do have a traditioanl regilion called Shinto. We think that various things can be a god and we can see God in anything in nature, in any religion. I suppose a kind of "borderless" idea we have for god and religion and this feeling allows us think the way we think.