What is the meaning of the words you are implying?

It seems that some people overseas find the word “gaijin” offensive.

Words, no matter how you take them or how you use them, are ultimately what you give meaning to.

There is a story in the Kojiki (Japanese mythology) in which Izanagi and Izanami give birth to lands,

At first, it didn’t go well and only bubbles were born.

Izanami and Izanagi throw them into the sea, but there was a person who picked up these bubbles and enshrined them.

There was a reason why they enshrined it.

In Japan, there was a tradition that “things that come from the outside bring good fortune”, So it was enshrined with great care.

The word “gaijin” means “Come from outside”, right?

This is just my imagination, but this is how Japan has developed by flexibly accepting cultures from outside and arranging them in the Japanese way.

I think the custom of “Omotenashi” must have come from here.

The way we perceive things changes depending on how much we know about the kind and warm world.

This world is really kind and warm!