Edo Museum Tokyo

We had to go to Tabata in Tokyo to get a blood test on Rachel again today and we decided to make it a field trip day and we stopped in at the EDO Museum in Tokyo. We had a great time learning about the history of Japan and it's rapid rise to greatness. The speed this country has come into the modern era is remarkable. The Japanese sometimes do seem confused on many issues of life and it is because of the rapid assimilation of world culture and turning external traditions into Japanese ones. They have pulled a world view that conflicts in many area and they have chosen to live with compromise as the rest of the world. According to the encyclopedia of philosophy the Japanese are a mixture of Confucian, Buddhist, and animistic traditions. They have also pulled from Christianity and Daoism and other ideologies to form a very interesting world view to say the least. But as we travel around the people here as the rest of the affluent world lives for self. No matter what worldview that is held it goes out the window when there is a sale at the department store. God is moving in the hearts here and people are seeing that just living for self is not the answer they are looking for. Pray for an awakening. Pray for my back as I hurt it today and I am in a lot of pain. It is mostly muscle pain but not fun to say the least. God bless