shinto

In Shinto religion the emperor is viewed as direct descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu.

The Israelis could be Shinto or Sikh, and it would make no difference at all to the Palestinians.

Just ask a shinto priest how the world was created and compare that with the native Australia dream time.

I put a lot of effort into making the animations feel 'calm' and 'ephemeral' to match the Shinto spirit.

Are you enjoying our exploration of state Shinto in late nineteenth century Japan?

He talks about the Ise Shinto shrine, which the Japanese claim to be 1300 years old even though the building itself is rebuilt periodically.

A similar process happened with Christianity in Japan after it was outlawed - it took on the appearance of local Shinto and Buddhist practice.

Belief systems like Shinto are animist, where you think things like rivers and trees and rocks and the different winds are conscious and have souls.

Perhaps monotheism was difficult for Japanese to conceive of, but Shinto and Buddhism have played a large role in Japanese history, including that of violence.

I may have been thinking Shenism, but I am sure there are some Shinto Chinese.

You can see examples of this today in, for example, formal Shinto ceremonies a ceremonial square tray is often used (折敷) or frankly at any fancy kaiseki restaurant.

- The top of JR Kyushu's flagship station (Hakata) has a Shinto shrine (dedicated to the rail) and a wonderful garden atop it.

Shinto prayers), but the end result is as contrived as trying to write English without Latin, Greek or French loans.

By analogy: if I were Japanese, I would definitely prefer Buddhism over Shinto.

How is a country that loses 60% of its population supposed to compete with the Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Shinto, etc...