Shintoism

Shinto is the term for indigenous religious beliefs and practices of Japan. Shinto has no founder or offical sacred scriptures and no fixed creeds. It has preserved its beliefs and rituals throughout the ages. The order of Shinto (way to kami) came into place to distinguis indigenous Japanese beliefs from Buddihism.

Shinto has no absolute source of authority.

Tsubaki grand shrine in granite falls Washington is it as far as i know. It advertises itself as the only and they seem like experts.

The majority of Shintos today live in Japan, where Shintoism is one of the country's primary religious traditions. It is deeply intertwined with Japanese culture and is practiced by a significant portion of the population, often alongside Buddhism. While Shinto shrines can be found throughout Japan, its influence extends to various cultural practices and festivals. Outside Japan, Shinto communities exist but are relatively small.

There really isn't a specific holy book of Shintoism. There are several different important texts such as the Kojiki or Nihongi, however.

The oldest religious traditions in East Asia are Shenism (which is the term for numerous different polytheistic religions and ancestor worshiping traditions that predominated in China for over 3000 years). The first organized religions in East Asia were Shintoism in Japan in the 600s BCE and Taoism in China in the 500s BCE.

Shinto is an Anglicized version of the Chinese term "shin tao". The term translates as "the way of the gods."

Shamanism is a term that applies to a number of different religious ideas and is not a single religion or coherent group of similar religions. Generally speaking, though, most forms of shamanism believe in numerous spirits who are not at the level of gods or goddesses. Between monotheism and polytheism, it would be much closer to polytheism, but it is truly neither because it fails the requirement for polytheism that the divinities have personal identities.

Shinto isn't a religion that requires you to convert to a system of rules; it requires a mindset, one of peaceful communion with the kami that inhabit the world around us. I would say you have to do nothing more than either find or create a shrine or sacred, beautiful place at which to make prayers, give offerings, and perform ritual cleansing. If you can't find a shrine, which is difficult outside Japan, simply visiting a place which seems as though it could have a resident spirit, and do it there.

Shinto is an animistic religion that found its basis on sun-worship and ancestor-worship. Since the Emperor of Japan is thought to have descended from the sun goddess, Amaterasu, he is worshiped as sacred in Shinto lore. There are many gods and goddesses, and many types of spirits, or 'kami' that are respected.

The religion has actually evolved a lot over time. There used to be things like rules for disposing of dolls and shoes and other inanimate objects, because if you disposed of them improperly they would usually sprout spirits and come and kill you or harass you.

Shinto is the basis of a lot of Japan's creation myths, such as the god Izanagi standing on the bridge to heaven, the Amanohashidate (a land bridge that is one of the three most scenic places in Japan) and dipping his spear into the sea; the brine that dripped off of it creating the islands of Japan. (The bridge later fell to earth when he and his wife Izanami were...um...using it...vigorously)

Shinto is still really important in Japan, even if the people aren't crazy religious the way that western cultures understand 'religious.' Even Japanese people who follow other religions participate in Shinto festivals and go to Shinto shrines, simply because it's considered such an intrinsic part of their culture. Most Japanese people are a mixture of Shinto and Buddhist. Shinto rituals mostly deal with life, and Buddhist rituals mostly deal with death, (at least the style of Buddhism popular here) so it mixes well.

I hope this answers your question. If you want more information, Wikipedia is a good thing.

I think it's been around since 500 bc.

Ka = music Bu = dance Ki = skill From 1603 as a somewhat sensual dance, combinated with theatre. Kabuki ment "strange". Later on the meaning went to music, dance and skill.

Answer: Japan

Over 95% of all Shintoists live in Japan, which is a country in which around 80% of people will identify as Shintoist to a certain degree. (Japanese people see no issue as identifying as Shintoist, Buddhist, and Atheist at the same time.)

According to Shinto mythology, the islands of Japan were created by?

'Kabuki' is one of the forms of traditional performing arts of Japan, it's known for the elaborated costumes and extravagant acting style. Actors, who are all men, play both, female and male characters, and they use facial paint to transform themselves in ladies, warriors, and even monsters. A tattoo inspired in this facial make up could mean to represent one of those fantastic characters portrayed, or also a way to express admiration for this art form, or maybe even to express an identification with the original meaning of the Kabuki word, which was used to identify someone who looked and behave in a too original, or avant-garde way, bordering the bizarre.

I think Buddhism and Shinto are some religions they practice there as well as Christianity and Baha'i.

the interaction of Heaven and Man and the correspondence between Heaven and Man

The symbolism of the squid in Japanese culture is used to show that it is too late to make any amends. This is commonly used to define a slippery issue that already has gone too far to be reversed.

Amaterasu is one of the principle deities of Shinto. She is a sun goddess.

It is written 瓊杵 as well as 瓊瓊杵 the only difference in which is that the first kanji has been repeated in the second one. The two kanji in order mean (瓊) : 'Jewel, magnificent jewel' and (杵) : 'muller, pestle, pounder'. If you mean ninigi no mikoto, that 'mikoto at the end only means 'Lord, His highness' referred to gods.

It mixes with Japanese Buddhism, or Zen Buddhism. there are other types of buddhism, but not that are practiced in Japan.

Shinto Buddhist and Buddhist

purity

It is the place of Fuji-Yoshida's Sengen Shrine called Kitaguchi Hongu Sengen Jinja. Located on the northside of Mount Fuji it was built to honor the Archangel Sengiel Sengen, who is said to dwell there. In ancient lore she was said to have provided aid to monks who lived on Mount Fuji and she is the goddess who makes the flowering trees to bloom.