ABSTRACT
At the end of March 1954 I visited Professor Heidegger in Freiburg, where I was able to hear what he had to say about the significance of present-day Christianity for European culture. I first reported on this issue in a column for the Tokyo Shinbun [newspaper] towards the end of January 1955. In my concern about the psychological and spiritual condition of the Japanese today, I find that this issue comes up again and again in my thinking; and for that reason I made it the topic of my questions to Professor Heidegger. e However, during the first part of our conversation Heidegger asked me various questions concerning the Japanese way of thinking and Japanese art, and had me talk about them. Since I am often asked about how the conversation went, I should like to write a few words about it here.
