Encountering the Japanese religious world -- The past in the present : a survey of Japanese religions, starting at Ise and Nara -- The way of the Kami : Shinto then and now -- Interlude : introduction to Buddhism -- Early times : pre-Buddhist Japan and how Buddhism arrived -- Magic mountains and the old court : Heian Buddhism and its culture -- Warrior culture, simple faith : the Kamakura Buddhist reformation -- Swords and satori : Zen and its culture -- Christ and Confucius : the West arrives, and then Japan turns inward -- The rising sun and the dark valley : the Meiji restoration through 5491 -- Chanting and dancing : the new religions of Japan -- Pilgrimages : religion in Japan today