1) TITLE the level 3 strategy being used.

2) Make a short bullet point list, summarizing the section

3) Include a relevant image.

-young people are leaving small towns

-In Nagoro --> life-size dolls in gardens, houses, schools!

-Japan's aged society --> 29.1% over 65 and in 2040, 35% --> Japan's declining population

-what will happen to the cats if one day there are no humans? Cats make their own decisions and choices.

• Introduction to religions in Japan, specifically Shintoism and Buddhism

• Shintoism: a religion that is focused not just on human beings but also on every other living being

• The introduction of Buddhism emerged within Shintoism, despite the government interventions that separated them into two distinct religions.

• Despite the government's attempt to separate the two religions, people still practice the merging of both faiths. Buddhism defines death, while Shintoism defines life.

• Shintoism is one of the main reasons Japan thrived. Their repayment is to accommodate the animals.

• Referenced Studio Ghibli films "Spirited Away" and "Princess Mononoke" as both include animals in a way that blurs the hierarchial line between animals and humans (animals have equal/more power than humans)

• Humans will return to what is natural, by "transforming" into animals

• Questioning the goodness of humans (cats are better)

• Visit Yanaka, a neighnorhood known for cats

• Spots many cat merchandise but no cats were on site

• spots a cat, turns out if fake and there were so many more on other balconies

Strategy- Looking to the future

• Nagoro - dolls are replacing the decreasing number of children in schoolrooms

• Wacky Japaneseness - tales of loneliness

• Japan - the oldest society

  • 29.1% of the population = 65+

  • By 2040, the number will increase to 35%

• Cats - domesticate/adapt

• cats and other animals would have to adopt if humans aren’t there to feed them and take care for them