A long history of absorbing outside influences has resulted in a society in which people expect to have a Shinto baptism, a pseudo-Christian wedding (usually held in a hotel  chapel  and officiated by an unordained foreigner in a robe), and a Buddhist funeral.
Japanese people live their lives purely as Buddhists.
mnli hypothesis: Japanese people live their lives purely as Buddhists. premise: A long history of absorbing outside influences has resulted in a society in which people expect to have a Shinto baptism, a pseudo-Christian wedding (usually held in a hotel  chapel  and officiated by an unordained foreigner in a robe), and a Buddhist funeral.