WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Shinto (Japanese: , romanized: Shintō) is a religion from Japan. Classified as an East Asian religion by scholars of religion, its practitioners often regard it as Japan’s indigenous religion and as a nature religion.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Japanese Religion Shinto (literally “the way of the gods”) is Japan’s native belief system and predates historical records. The many practices, attitudes, and institutions that have developed to make up Shinto revolve around the Japanese land and seasons and their relation with the human inhabitants.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shinto or shintoism is Japan’s oldest religion, dating back to the Yayoi period (200 BCE – 250 CE).

Detailed explanation-4: -Shinto does not have a founder nor does it have sacred scriptures like the sutras or the Bible. Propaganda and preaching are not common either, because Shinto is deeply rooted in the Japanese people and traditions. “Shinto gods” are called kami.