Comments for Japanese: Can they really be this naive about it? at http://cannazine.co.uk , comment 0 to 1 out of 1 comments http://cannazine.co.uk Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:19:29 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://cannazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4551&Itemid=1585#pc_105 This might explain the hempleaves on baby-clothes: In obedience to the western winners of wars the Japanese mutilated their hemp-culture: Because of hemp's association with purity in Japanese religion, hemp traditionally has been used by Shinto priests, including the Japanese emperor himself who acts as a kind of chief priest of Shintoism. Several hemp fields are cultivated on Shikoku, one of the four main islands of Japan, to make ceremonial linen clothes for the Imperial family and for Shinto priests. Hemp is also grown in some parts of Nagano prefecture by farmers with a hemp license and the fibre is used for bell ropes and noren (ritual curtains) for Shinto shrines as well as in sumo rituals. http://www.taima.org/en/hemplib1.htm#weed - Martin Veltjen Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:01:41 +0100