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Shinto (神道, Shintō), also kami-no-michi, [a] is the indigenous religion of Japan and of most of the people of Japan. [14] George Williams classifies Shinto as an action-centered religion; [15] it focuses on ritual practices to be carried out diligently in order to establish a connection between present-day Japan and its ancient roots. [16]
Nogi Shrine (Tokyo) Minato, Tokyo － Kanda Shrine: Chiyoda, Tokyo: Tōgō Shrine: Tokyo Shibuya － Ōmiya Hachiman Shrine (Tokyo) Suginami － Yushima Tenmangū: Bunkyō: Atago Shrine (Kyoto) Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture Ukyō-ku, Kyoto: Shikinai Shosha Osaka Tenmangū: Kita-ku, Osaka: Kōzu-gū: Chuo Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture Prefectural ...
A torii gateway to the Yobito Shrine (Yobito-jinja) in Abashiri City, HokkaidoThere is no universally agreed definition of Shinto. [2] According to Joseph Cali and John Dougill, if there was "one single, broad definition of Shinto" that could be put forward, it would be that "Shinto is a belief in kami", the supernatural entities at the centre of the religion. [3]
In the Yayoi and Asuka periods, Japan began to see the introduction of continental Asian culture and technology from China and Korea. The first "official" transmission of Buddhism to Japan was dated to 552 AD by the Nihon Shoki, when King Seong of Baekje sent an envoy with Buddhist monastics, images, and scriptures to the court of Emperor Kinmei.
Category: Religion in Tokyo. 9 languages. ... Christianity in Tokyo (2 C, 8 P) R. Religious buildings and structures in Tokyo (4 C, 4 P) S. Shinto in Tokyo (1 C, 8 P)
The U.S. State Department cited the report by the Human Rights Without Frontiers International, which is connected to CESNUR, in the 2011 annual International Religious Freedom Report to Japan summarized that deprogrammers cooperate with family members on "abductions" of members of the Unification Church and other minority religious groups for several years.
The few Hindu temples in Japan are as follows: Shirdi Saibaba Temple, Tokyo; ISKCON New Gaya, Tokyo; ISKCON Osaka Center, Osaka; Vedanta Society of Japan, Kanagawa; BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Tokyo; Shiva Shakti Mandir, Tokyo; The Association of Religion Data Archives estimated that 24,182 Hindus in Japan as of 2020. [15]
Shinto is a blend of indigenous Japanese folk practices, beliefs, court manners, and spirit-worship which dates back to at least 600 CE. [7]: 99 These beliefs were unified as "Shinto" during the Meiji era (1868–1912), [6]: 4 [12] though the Chronicles of Japan (日本書紀, Nihon Shoki) first referenced the term in the eighth century.