Japan’s First Shrine Dedicated to Plushies Opens for Stuffed Animal Devotees (opens in new tab)

🫧 Open on Bubbles In Japan, it’s not unusual to see people treating cherished objects with a surprising degree of reverence\. Dolls receive memorial services, broken sewing needles are honored in annual ceremonies, and even discarded electronics are occasionally given ritual farewells\. Now, the country’s long tradition of animistic belief has found perhaps its most adorable expression yet: Japan’s \[…\] Related posts: A Zoo in Japan is Using Stuffed Animal Capybaras to Maintain Social Distan...