Editing Culture of Japan (section)

===Christianity===
{{Main|Christianity in Japan}}
Christianity was introduced in the 16th century.<ref name="NHK WORLD 2018">{{cite web | title=Centuries-old Christian painting found in Japan- News – NHK WORLD – English | website=NHK WORLD | date=19 November 2018 | url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20181119_08/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119095103/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20181119_08/ | archive-date=19 November 2018 | url-status=dead | access-date=27 March 2023}}</ref><ref name="BBC REEL 2021">{{cite AV media |date=29 November 2021 |title=The hidden religion banned in Japan for 200 years – BBC REEL |type=Video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td0Mw5hccs8 |access-date=27 March 2023 |location=UK |publisher=British Broadcasting Company}}</ref> When the religion was banned during the 17th century, a group of [[Kakure Kirishitan|hidden Christians]] blended Christian theology with Shinto and Buddhist practices.<ref name="Encyclopedia Britannica 1998">{{cite web | title=Japanese religious sect | website=Encyclopædia Britannica | date=20 July 1998 | url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Kakure-Kirishitan | access-date=27 March 2023}}</ref><ref name="NHK WORLD 2018"/><ref name="BBC REEL 2021"/> [[Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region]] have become [[World Heritage Site]]s, and the unique style of [[Christian art]] is now recognized.<ref name="NHK WORLD 2018"/><ref name="BBC REEL 2021"/>

Despite being a minority religion in Japan, [[Marriage in Japan#Christian chapel ceremonies|Christian chapel marriage ceremonies]] are a popular wedding style in Japan.<ref name="Fisch 2001 pp. 57–76">{{cite journal | last=Fisch | first=Michael | title=The Rise of the Chapel Wedding in Japan: Simulation and Performance | journal=Japanese Journal of Religious Studies | publisher=Nanzan University | volume=28 | issue=1/2 | year=2001 | issn=0304-1042 | jstor=30233676 | pages=57–76 | url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/30233676 | access-date=27 March 2023}}</ref>