- 26 Sep 2015
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We've recently bought a second-hand house (built in 1991), which is currently being renovated, and we plan to move in December. This morning Mrs Lothor suggested that we got the Shinto priests round to do their paper mop waving mumbo-jumbo (my words, not hers!) about the time we move in.
Nobody has died in the house and its butsudan (?) was never used by the previous owner, so there seems to be absolutely no need to do a purification ritual. When I asked my wife why, I got the unsatisfactory answer 'I am Japanese!'.
In 12 years of living in Japan, I have never heard of anyone getting the priests round simply when a house is moved into and suspect that this is not typical Japanese behaviour.
Any thoughts?
Nobody has died in the house and its butsudan (?) was never used by the previous owner, so there seems to be absolutely no need to do a purification ritual. When I asked my wife why, I got the unsatisfactory answer 'I am Japanese!'.
In 12 years of living in Japan, I have never heard of anyone getting the priests round simply when a house is moved into and suspect that this is not typical Japanese behaviour.
Any thoughts?