Shinto is often described as Japan’s indigenous religion—but can it expand beyond Japan? While traditionally tied to Japanese culture, shrines, and national identity, modern practitioners argue that ...

But I just didn’t regard it as a religion. Some Japanese immigrants raised Shintoism as another example of cultural religion and discussed how Shintoism can overlap with both Buddhism and Japanese ...

Japanese heritage and traditional Shinto beliefs with the cultural values of America and Christian faith. It symbolizes an ...

It is a sacred space, after all. Japanese shrines are places of worship for Shinto spirits called kami. Shinto is often referred to as animistic or a kind of nature worship. Followers of Shinto, the ...

A 2019 report by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs counted 88.9 million practitioners of Shinto, with Buddhism running a close second (84.8 million) and Christianity a distant third (1.9 million).

Incorporating Hindu gods into Japanese culture, they are worshipped alongside Japanese deities in a combination of Shintoism and Buddhism. The manifestation of this demonstrates a significant ...

Together these sites, the connecting pilgrimage routes, and surrounding forests form a cultural landscape that reflect the fusion of Shintoism, rooted in the ancient tradition of nature worship in ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan – Several Shinto priests from the renowned Meiji ... with [the priests] and helping them understand military culture, that’s going to help everybody out,” he said.