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This article is intended to inform a real description related to the religious expression and activity of engineering studentin Japan. Information is collected by direct interaction with the students, and also by visiting religious sites around thecampus. Visit to the student apartments is also carried out to obtain information regarding religious activity that is heldin daily life. It is found from the observation that religious activities such as reading a holy book and praying is notcarried out anymore. Praying is done three times a year, namely at Bon ceremony, which is ceremony to respect thereturn ancestor to the earth from heaven, at Higan ceremony that is ceremony to respect the ancestor, and also new yearpraying. It is found surprisingly, something unique related to the religion that is many students have and bring amulet(o-mamori) that is obtained from the Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple. It is also popular to take a written oracle thattells the fortune in the Buddhist Temple or Shinto Shrine. This written oracle in Japan is called with o-mikuji. Thebelief that is not related to the religion but still popular is to respect the mountain. Mountain climbing is a religiousactivity that often held by the engineering student |
