According to the website Japan Pass, the recent hit “Asahi no Kyo” starring Tomohisa Yamashita and Satomi Ishihara is a comedic story about an English teacher, Junko Sakuranui, who falls in love with a handsome monk, Takahashi Hoshikawa, on Fuji TV in Japan.
So what’s it like to be married to a Japanese monk?
Monks are a strong force to be reckoned with in the Japanese dating scene. Monks in Japan are a very stable profession that allows them to drink and eat meat, marry and have children.
You can see monks on the streets of Japan wearing robes and riding motorcycles all over the place. He may be going to do his Buddhist service, or he may be on his way back to the company he owns, and then you can see the monk who just wore a robe and will go for a walk with a beautiful beauty on his arm. Finally, Japanese monks are free to marry and have children, eat meat and drink wine. Because of this relaxed environment, there are many different kinds of temples in Japan, each with its own sect.
Japanese monks hold a fashion show every year, and then a jury selects the top names.
Reasons for the popularity of monks
In recent years, the popularity of monks In recent years, monks have become very popular, and many single women have been rushing to participate in monk meetings. So why do so many young single women prefer Japanese monks? Japanese women give two reasons.
First: monks give the impression of being “tolerant,” “sure not to cheat,” and “very trustworthy. “very trustworthy” feeling. Although there are alcoholic monks, it’s true that most of them give a sense of inexplicable healing and reassurance.
Second: the job is relatively stable and doesn’t suffer from the impression of an economic downturn. Similar to the general iron rice bowl of civil servants …… live within the temple, have a stable residence, stable job ……
Also marrying into a temple has an atmosphere of detachment from earthly tranquility. Not feeling the flow of time may give you a good mood.
What is it like to be married to a monk?
Some Japanese women who actually married monks have come forward to complain ……
Bad comment #1: Bon and New Year are genuinely busy; there is absolutely no rest at these times, and often it is a busy time.
Difficult comment #2: There is basically no personal privacy, especially in the country temples. Because of living on everyone’s joss stick money, so pay extra attention to everyone’s eyes, there is a feeling of fear. Living in the temple is also built by everyone, and is not their own private property. I often encounter people who come to the temple and take it for granted that we serve them, and make a lot of demands.
Disadvantage #3: It is very tiring for the temple cleaning. Especially at the end of December, the whole month is basically spent in cleaning. Because the end of the year in order to meet the arrival of everyone, must do a into not stained. It is not easy to clean a big temple. Of course it can now be handed over to specialized temple cleaners, but some small temples still don’t have that much money to hire cleaners and have to do it themselves.
Disadvantage #4: No mid-year break, even if it’s not busy, couples can’t go on trips or anything, and temples have to be run by someone …… without a break, which Japanese women find regrettable.
Difficult comment #5: Generally, there are three generations in the same house. In China, it is more common for three generations to live together, but in Japan children generally do not live with their parents once they reach adulthood. But temples are different, they have to live with their in-laws. So marrying into a temple means taking care of the elderly, which many Japanese women find hard.
Disadvantage 6: Basically there is not much freedom. When you receive guests to the temple, there is a prescribed hair dress code, you can’t wear too revealing, etc. Outside, everyone knows that they are the wife of abbot so-and-so, and they have to watch their words and behavior.
Besides these complaints, there are of course many Japanese women who marry Japanese monks and say they don’t regret it at all and feel very happy to be able to run the temple with their husbands.