Shinto worship is highly ritualised, and follows strict conventions of protocol, order and control. It can take place in the home or in shrines. Although all Shinto worship and ritual takes place ...

Shinto is one of the oldest religions in the world. Related to some of the religions of Korea, Manchuria and Siberia, it is basically a form of nature worship, where natural objects, such as mountains ...

Nonetheless, Shinto - literally, "the way of the gods" - has no sacred scriptures or formalized teachings. There are no concepts of original sin or salvation; Shinto focuses on life on earth and ...

Shinto has no known founder or single sacred scripture. Shinto is wholly devoted to life in this world and emphasises man's essential goodness.

Nakajima Michio, 𠀓𤚇𙥷𡌕𰀇, Shinto Deities that Crossed the Sea: Japan's "Overseas Shrines," 1868 to 1945, Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 37, No. 1, Religion and the Japanese Empire ...

Shinto shrines can cover several thousand acres, or a few square feet. They are often located in the landscape in such a way as to emphasise their connection to the natural world, and can include ...

This is so un-shinto, just as the false claim that Japan is a "chosen people". The canonization of Japanese mythology has started in the 9th century.

Aike P. Rots, Public Shrine Forests? Shinto, Immanence, and Discursive Secularization, Japan Review, No. 30, Formations of the Secular in Japan (2017), pp. 179-205 ...

Indeed, many Buddhists and Christians visit Shinto shrines. It helps that Shinto has no scriptures or doctrine.