Ancestor Worship Polytheism Hyp Natio ernalism Shinto Great

Ancestor Worship Polytheism Hyp Natio ernalism Shinto Great r Creato The W of th orld e kami Minimize sin & guilt

Amaterasu : Sun Goddess

Wedded Rocks at Futami no Ura Union of Izanami & Izanagi

Tree kami surrounded by sacred boundaries

Torii Gate, Miyajima Island

Torii Gate in Winter

Torii Gate

A Tunnel of Torii Gates Inari Mt. , Kyoto

Torii Gong

Shinto Temple – “worship hall”

Shinto Priest

Traditional Shinto Wedding Today

Prayers, Thoughts, & Wishes at a Shinto Shrine

Ojizo: Memorials for the Unborn

Shinto Subway Shrine

Hot Sand Bath at Takegahara Onsen, Beppu Origins in the Nara Period (710 -794)

Japanese Baths: Grandma & Grandson

Noh Theater : 8 -man chorus

Noh Theater The Play Aoi no Ue

Noh Theater Woman Heavenly-being Demonness Traditional Weeping Gesture Old Man Warrior Demon God

Kabuki Theater Morph to Kabuki Actor

Bunraku Puppets

Bunraku Puppets

Chanoyu : Tea Ceremony

Tea Ceremony Equipment Green Tea

A Japanese Tea Master

A Japanese Tea House

Origami : The Art of Japanese Paper Folding

Origami : The Art of Japanese Paper Folding

Haiku : 17 -syllable poem Spring departs. Birds cry Fishes' eyes are filled with tears. Matsuo Basho, Master of. Haiku

Calligraphy

Ikebana : The Art of Japanese Flower Arranging e Tallest --> Heaven e Middle --> Man e Smallest --> Earth

Bonzai : A Unique Method of Meditation

Japanese Zen Rock Garden

Japanese Zen Rock Garden

Shinto in Modern Furniture Simplicity!

Japanese Sand Garden

Japanese Sand Garden

ARIGATO!