Religious faith of Japanese
Are you thinking that Japanese people are unbeliever? But please remember well in Japanese. In new year days, many Japanese will go to a Shinto shrine, called "Jinja ". In Japan, there are various kinds of Gods and Goddesses in Jinja. You may be able to read this webpage about a hint of religion sense of Japanese.


 YAOYOROZU NO KAMI  

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 SHINRABANSHO  

SHINRABANSHO means "All thing in our world" in Japanese from many many years ago. Japanese have been feeling understanding (intention) all the thing. Exanple...The mountain, The ocean, The tree, The forest and The Rock...and so on. And in olden time Japanese people thought so that the anythings our world were happend by these intention. These "intention" gradually became calling KAMI in Japanese.
 SHINTOism is not religion  

SHINTOism is not a religion. The person who saw this title might be surprised. The reason why SHINTOism is not a religion ?Only there is a ceremony in SHINTOism, the sutra does not exist. This is the reason.
Shintoism is not taught like the Bible, the Koran, etc.However, people in Japan only feel the god. And, people only wish to the god and do not confess. Even the god who came from the foreign country easily accepts people in Japan.
Therefore, it is easy for people in Japan to be misunderstood by the foreigner, we don't have the belief core. However, it is a belief of the Japanese to feel the god for everything.
In a word, the Japanese does not have a religious core though has the belief core.
 ARIGATAI KOTO (ARIGATO)  

ARIGATO is a word of thanks. A true meaning of this word is "It is rarely. " It is a word which resulted from feelings to gladness of being rarely. When the gladness of old times man(woman) occurred, it was said, "ARIGATAI", and we expressed our gratitude to the god. Now, it is the same meaning "thank you".

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