What is Shinto really?
Shinto is referred as a religion in which majority of the Japanese people believe.
As one of the Japanese, however, I’ve never really known what Shinto really is.
I follow some rituals and other things because those were already parts of my daily life, customs, and events. I grew up with them. So, never really questioned why.
It’s kinda like…. ….. ….. oh well, I can’t come up with good examples….
anyway, when I found this website–>http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/shinto/
(yea again it’s BBC. I like BBC, what can I say?)
I was like… "wow, it’s a good summary of Shinto!"
I’ve only read the first part in "full lists of articles in Shinto": Beliefs, but I already feel that this website can be even a good resource for me to learn something more about my own beliefs/backgrounds/ways of thinking which I believe are highly influenced by and relevant to Shintoism.
This is also good for any of non-Japanese people whose religions are very different from the beliefs of Shinto. It’ll definitely help you understand Japanese people better:)
