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Shintoism is an ancient religion that originated in Japanese culture. Shinto is a general term for the activities of the people of Japanese descent to worship all the deities of heaven and earth, and at the end of the 6th century the Japanese were conscious of these activities and called them the "Way of Kami" (the deity or the deities)'. The practice of Shintoism finally recognized when Yomei, the 31st Emperor of Japan, prayed before an image of Buddha for the first time as an emperor for recovery of his illness. Then Yomei accepted Buddhism, a foreign religion, the Japanese realized existence of a tradition of their own faith.

The Shinto faith is based on Japanese mythology. One of the most important mythological stories in the Shinto religion is the "Creation Story". The Shinto believes that Japanese are originally given birth by the couple of deities named Izanagi and Izanami. They had Kami nature in them. So, it is the utmost importance for every individual Japanese that......

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