Silence when dissonance exists may be a bad thing. Silence when dissonance is resolved by reflection may not. The Japanese know sacredness because it's baked i

Silence when dissonance exists may be a bad thing. Silence when dissonance is resolved by reflection may not. The Japanese know sacredness because it's baked into their society. Maybe that was because of Zen Buddhism, or a different reason ("island life" will do it to people too). Whatever it is, it may have bad manifestations in larger cities, but there's no denying the Japanese have always had a special sort of sacred way of getting impressive things done.