| Shinto Funerals are recently increasing in number due to the fact it is, in many cases, more economical than Buddhist funerals and due to the thought of returning to the time-honored Japanese Sorei shinko which has been handed down from the time before the Introduction of Buddhism. |
最近では神葬祭が仏葬よりも経済的な場合が多い点や、仏教渡来以前からの日本古来の祖霊信仰に立ち返ろうとする思想などから増加傾向にある。 |