Japanese animistic religion, meaning Way of the Gods. It is based on ancestor worship.
The indigenous religion of Japan, based on the customs and folklore of Japan's ancient agrarian culture. Shinto comprises narratives and practices centered around the belief in the presence of kami (divine entities that inhabit aspects of nature and control natural forces).
Shinto: an ancient path of worship in Japan, meaning "the Way of the Gods" or "the God-like way." Shintoism is a religion of the heart and permeates Japanese culture, family ethics, and national structure.
This is the indigenous religion of Japan. Starting about 500 BCE (or earlier) it was originally "an amorphous mix of nature worship, fertility cults, divination techniques, hero worship, and shamanism." It later became the state religion of the country. Church and state were separated just after World War II.
Japan's indigenous religion, which focuses on nature spirits, or kami, that are thought to dwell in all things-mountains, rocks, water, and trees. A calendar of festivals celebrate local deities and bring people together in rituals and festivities that provide a sense of community.
Japan's indigenous religion, based on the premise that gods inhabit all natural things, both animate and inanimate.
the native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan
the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors
A belief system that evolved in Japan. People who practice the Shinto faith honor many deities, called kami, of natural forces or places. In times past, some venerated the emperor of Japan as a kami.
Native animalistic religion.
or Shintoism: Traditional Japanese religion based on ancient myths and legends associated with various gods and goddesses, later adapted by MOTOORI Norinaga (1730-1801) and associated with the philosophy of National Learning (Kokugaku).
The native religious system of Japan, the central belief of which is that the mikado is the direct descendant of the sun-goddess and that implicit obedience is due to him. Wikipedia.
The native religion of Japan. Although containing aspects of Buddhism it is a mostly Shamanistic faith which has no religious text and is focused on the worship of ancestors and nature. An uncomplicated faith which has a symbiotic relationship with Buddhism in Japan, which sees the two religions worshipped side by side with tolerance - something which seems a bit unusual by the standards of most other religions. Pronounced 'Shin-tow'
Religion of early Japanese culture; devotees worshipped numerous gods and spirits associated with the natural world; offers of food and prayers made to gods and nature spirits. (p. 241)
Japan's oldest and original intrinsic religion is Shinto. In Shintoism everything in the natural world possesses it's own spirit, or kami. Shinto is based upon the worship of and coexistence with the natural world. The highest deity in the Shinto pantheon is the sun goddess Amaterasu. In the Tenchi Muyo series, Tenchi's Father, Masaki Yoshi, is a Shinto Priest. A Shinto place of worship is always called a Jinja (shrine), and a Buddhist place of worship is always referred to as an Otera (temple), though architecturally the two buildings may look quite similar.
based on the Chinese words shen and tao, "the way of the gods;" the indigenous religious tradition of Japan. Fundamentally threefold in scope, it centers around reverence for land (the country of Japan), for the natural environment and for ancestors (family). See also kami.
Japan and was once its state religion. It involves the worship of , gods. Some kami are local and can be regarded as the spiritual being/spirit or genius of a particular place, but other ones represent major natural objects and processes: for example, Amaterasu, the Sun goddess, or Mount Fuji.