The stories also demonstrate many parallels between human beings and the kami. In the beginning, when the universe was created from the pre-existing chaos a number of kami ('gods' in this context ...

Built in accordance with the core principles of the Shinto religion ... and Ukanomitama no Kami, the goddess of prosperity and abundance. Visitors can come to seek blessings for good fortune ...

I behold the glistening cuts of sashimi, delicately plated in an ovoid silver bowl that appears to float on a bed of dry ice, designed to resemble the boat of the god Ebisu crossing the ocean.

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Japan’s Indigenous religion of Shinto is largely rooted in animism, which believes there are thousands of “kami,” or spirits, inhabiting nature. It’s closely linked to the country’s ...

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Tied to nature, Shinto revolves around the belief of supernatural entities called Kami, which are believed to inhabit all creatures. Shrines are anywhere and everywhere, and will usually represent ...

When you’re visiting a shrine, you enter its precincts by going through a gate, called a torii. This gate both marks where the realm of Shinto kami begins and separates it from the secular world. By ...

Their path also crosses sculptures of a fox, representing Inari, the Shinto deity of rice and fertility, and a camphor tree surrounded by a sacred cord, indicating that it houses a kami ...