Shinto and Buddhism are the two major religions in Japan.

Japanese people are very religious. They are very devoted in following religious rituals and ceremonies. They also adapt the teachings of their religions into their everyday life. According to the Japanese government, 69% of the population are Shintoists, 66.7% are Buddists, 1.5% are Christians while the remaining 6.2% practice other religions. If you are searching for Tokyo furnished apartments, take a look at KaguAruoo. A rental website that lets you search, pick and rent furnished apartments all over Japan. Renting has never been easier with KaguAruoo – all transactions are done online.

Let’s take a closer look at Japan’s major religions…

SHINTO
The religion originated in Japan from the people’s traditions and beliefs. The Japanese have strong faith in the forces of nature, beliefs on the power of ancestral beings and the divine power of the Shinto gods or Kami. Shinto does not have a forebear nor does it have holy books like the Koran or the Holy Bible that can summarize the religion’s principles. The Shinto gods are believed to be spirits and forces of nature such as the rain, sun, trees, mountains, volcanoes, etc. Ordinary people can also become a kami right after they die. If a person died tragically, the people worshiped that person to shun that person in getting revenge in the living world. In other ways, a person can become a kami if he/she has done significant things while alive. Some of the ancestral kami are placed in shrines. The goddess of the sun, the universe and the heavens, Amaterasu is known to be Shinto’s most important kami. The Japanese perform rituals and offerings to the kami. These rituals (Omatsuri) portray their undying devotion to the gods and the goodness they bestow upon the people in return. The Japanese people flock to Shinto shrines to worship. Shinto priests can be a man or a woman and they are allowed to have a family. Many weddings in Japan are held in observance of Shinto.

BUDDHISM
The religion was introduced in Japan around the 7th century via Korea and China. Buddhism was presented as a gift from the Kingdom of Kudara (Paikche) from Korea. Along with the presentation of the religion is an image of Buddha, some religious artifacts and scripts. Buddhism is very different from Shinto, the religion has delivered political networks among the Japanese people, technology and much refined practices and beliefs. These changes, hence, improved the Japanese way of life. At first, Buddhism was only practiced among noblemen, the religion was not yet disseminated to the general public due to its contemporary principles and teachings. Even more so, some of these principles contradict the teachings of Shinto. Nonetheless, the two religions were able to exist side by side with each other. A proof that Buddhism was able to make root from the Japanese way of life is the funeral ceremony which is performed in the Buddhist way. All over Japan, there are about 13 schools of Buddhism, about 80,000 temples with around 150,000 Buddhist priests.

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