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https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2056.html
"Shinto gods" are called kami. They are sacred spirits which take the form of things and concepts important to life, such as wind, rain, mountains, trees, rivers and fertility. Humans become kami after they die and are revered by their families as ancestral kami.

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https://sites.google.com/site/sintoismjapan/artifact
The  situation that conflicts with Shintoism is when spacecraft is sent to the moon. For it is believed ,by those who participate in Shinto practices, that it tampers with the moons "balance and natural rhythm." Also, after World War II, Japan was introduced to Western religion  and culture calling for additions to a more modern government that still retained Shinto values with giving the emperor some   political power.

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http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/03921921030503004
When the Shinto religion was harnessed for political and ideological purposes in the 19th century, during a time of rapid national development, life was made very difficult for other religions such as Buddhism. The post-war Constitution of 1946 provided for the equality of all religions under the law and the separation of religion, in particular Shinto, from the state. Since then, however, there have been a series of politically controversial questions, one of the most important being that of the legal status of Yasukuni Shrine, a Shinto institution, at which the war dead are commemorated.

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What Is The Ancient Japanese Religion Shinto?

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http://aphugeshintoism.weebly.com/sects.html
https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Sect+Shinto
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Shrine visitors write their wishes on these wooden plates and then leave them at the shrine in the hope that their wishes come true.

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Found near the entrance, the water of these fountains is used for purification. Used to clean one's hands and mouth before approaching the main hall

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A  straw rope with white zigzag paper strips (shide). It marks the boundary to something sacred and can be found on torii gates, around sacred trees and stones, etc.

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Japanese New Year

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https://www.britannica.com/topic/Shinto
Shintoism contains traditional Japanese religious practices. Shinto means the way of kami. Kami means mystical, superior, or divine,

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Entrance into sacred shrines

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https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2056.html
Unlike religions like Islam and Christianity, Shintoism does not have a sacred scripture or a founder.
The Shinto shrines are a place for worship and is the home of Kami. There aren't any Shinto cemeteries, and most funerals are held in Buddhist style. Also most weddings ceremonies are held in the Shinto style.

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http://www.uri.org/kids/other_shin.htm
Shintoism is an ancient religion that goes back to the year 1000 B.C.E.  They believe that spirits called kami live in natural places such as in animals, plants, stones, rivers, people and even the dead.