Describing Japanese religion iｓ difficult because Japanese people embrace aspects from many religions, like, for example, getting married in a christian church or welcome the new year in a buddhist temple or a shintoo shrine.
However, many Japanese people tend to feel spirits in everything, what is known as Animism.
For example, I rememered a shrine dedicated to several gods, so I went there again for my research. It was in Kyoto, near Kyoto University.
However, many Japanese people tend to feel spirits in everything, what is known as Animism.
For example, I rememered a shrine dedicated to several gods, so I went there again for my research. It was in Kyoto, near Kyoto University.
The shrine is called Yoshida jinjya. As you can see in the cite, the shrine was established for four guardians originally but in the Muromachi era, the founder of Yoshidashintoo, Yoshida Kanetomo said that Yoshida jinjya was home to various kinds of gods. So, I took some picture there.
The above one is a shrine named "Kaso jinjya", dedicated to the god of sweets. The other one is "Sankei jinjya" dedicated to the god of cooking.
I found that both Kaso and Sankei shrines are very similar.
At the Sankei jinjya's photo, you can see many standing poles.The names of all the companies who donatied the founding to build that shrine are carved on the poles.
At the Sankei jinjya's photo, you can see many standing poles.The names of all the companies who donatied the founding to build that shrine are carved on the poles.
The amount of poles portray Japanese faith in Animism.
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I think one could say that there are themes of animism within Shinto, but not the other way around. Why did you choose these particular shrines to write about? What kinds of events happen at these shrines these days?
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