Divination and Contact with Spirits in Japan
Divination has seen a surge of popularity in Japan recently. Whether based on ancient religion and doctrines, such as Shintô, Buddhism or Daoism, for example buying papers with your future written on them in Shintô shrines or Buddhist temples, talking to spirits, read the future in the line of the hand or on bamboo sticks, or more popular forms, such as western astrology, or more fun, such as animal divination, be it in street stalls or in symposium or in shopping centers, or on television or Internet, divination is doing well. Women are the main specialists and are the main consumers of divination, especially for this last case, young women between 15 and 30 years of age.