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What is Japan’s traditional indigenous religion called?
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Shinto is regarded as Japan’s indigenous religious tradition. At its center are kami: sacred beings or spiritual forces that may be connected with natural phenomena, places, ancestors or special objects. The Japan National Tourism Organization explicitly describes Shinto as Japan’s indigenous faith. Typical Shinto places of worship are shrines, often recognizable by a torii gate at the entrance. Buddhist places of worship, by contrast, are called temples. The term Shinto means roughly “way of the gods” or “way of the kami”. Unlike Buddhism, Shinto was not introduced to Japan from another country; it developed from older Japanese religious traditions.
Shinto is Japan’s indigenous religious tradition and is closely connected with kami, shrines and torii gates.
