BELIEF SYSTEM
It came into existence after the Meiji Restoration. What type of Shinto is this?
STATE SHINTO
In which country was Shinto founded?
JAPAN
Shrines and temples hold a special welcoming ceremony to invite the deities to earth. This festival is known as what?
KAMI MUAKE
The purification ritual in Shintoism is referred to as?
MISOGI
It is the oldest and most prevalent kind of Shinto?
SHRINE SHINTO
In Shintoism what is the holy book of Shinto?
KOJIKI OR 'RECORDS OF ANCIENT MATTERS'
The Great Food Festival. An elaborate variation of the annual rice-tasting ceremony known as _________.
NIINAMESAI
Rituals called 'Saishi' or 'Omatsuri' are performed in the Shinto religion. These rituals connect gods and people together. How many rituals are there?
11
This Shinto is made of 13 groups which were formed during the 19th century and have no shrines.
SECT SHINTO
The word Shinto, which literally means___________.
THE WAY OF KAMI
This main festival event, literally the "procession of the kami" or "sacred procession." typically involves the local community parading about the streets or shrine precincts carrying a palanquin (mikoshi) in which the kami are enshrined. This is known as?
SHINKO or SHINKO-SHIKi
Shinto shrines are referred to as?
JINJAS
The most prevalent theme in this religion is the great love and reverence the followers have for _______.
NATURE
It is Japan's most sacred Shinto shrine that dates back to the 3rd Century dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu.
ISE GRAND SHRINE
Japan's popular Fire Festivals, held around January 15 each year, are known as _______ festivals.
Shintoism has a large number of gods. This large number is often mentioned in the phrase 'Yaoyorozu no Kami'. Yaoyorozu means?
8 MILLION
This Shinto includes the folk beliefs in deities and spirits; practices include divination, spirit possession, and shamanic healing.
FOLK SHINTO
In the late 6th century AD the name Shinto was created for the native religion to distinguish it from ________.
BUDDHISM AND CONFUCIANISM
It literally means "sending the kami back" to their heavenly abodes. What is this festival?
KAMI OKURI
The entrance to a Jinji is a gate. This gate is called a ______.
TORRI