What do you think about shintoism?

The nature of Shinto as a faith should not be misunderstood. Shinto is often called the 'Japanese religion', and has been a big influence on Japanese culture and values for over 2000 years. read more

Whatever you do, don't buy into the Daily Beast’s bullshit psuedo-muckraking with regards to Shinto, SGI (Soka Gakkai International, a Buddhist sect), and their implications in Japanese politics. It's my personal advice not to buy into anything the Daily Beast says anyway, but that's for another post lmfao. read more

One of Shinto’s core tenets is the idea of purity and cleanliness of mind, body, and spirit. This is perhaps the most pervasive idea of Shinto, easily observable in everyday Japanese life, from the removal of shoes at the door to the reluctance of the sick to take organ donations from the dead. read more

SHINTO – A purely Japanese phenomenon Given that allegiance to a religion consists in seeing oneself as a member of God’s creation, one could say that being a shintoist consists in feeling that one is a member of the Japanese community. read more