they worship ghosts, spirits ancestors and deities. And the earth. YEY!
"Old Shinto", is a reconstructed "Shinto from before the time of Buddhism", today based on Ainu and Ryukyuan practices
Shinto was a religion that the Japanese believed in before Buddhism.
Shinto is an ancient Japanese religion.
he Shinto belief of man's harmony with nature.
Most Japanese are Shinto and Buddhist.
he Shinto belief of man's harmony with nature.
shintoism, the Japanese religion started primarily in ancient japan.
Shinto. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shintoism
Most ancient Japanese temples are either Buddhist or Shinto temples. The Buddhist temples are shrines for meditation and focus to achieve an enlightened spirit. Shinto temples were sights dedicated to ancestor worship.
They share the belief that spirits exist in both living and nonliving thins @_@ ;D
W. G. Aston has written: 'A grammar of the Japanese spoken language' -- subject(s): Japanese language, Grammar 'A Grammar of the Japanese written language' -- subject(s): Japanese language, Grammar 'Shinto, the ancient religion of Japan' -- subject(s): Shinto 'Shinto (the way of the gods)' -- subject(s): Shinto, Ancestor worship
Japanese people are mainly religious believers in Shinto or Buddhism, and Christmas is a Christian/Western holiday/belief.
The ancient Japanese practice of Shinto is an interesting topic to learn about. Wikipedia is a good starting point, but the site Japan History is a better place to learn about it.