BY: CARLYN STOWE

SHINTO MEANS THE WAY OF THE GODS. (KAMI)

SHINTOISM IS AN ANCIENT RELIGION OF JAPAN.

IT STARTED AT LEAST AS LONG AGO AS 1000 B.C.E.

IT IS STILL PRACTICED TODAY BY OVER 5 MILLION PEOPLE.

SPIRITUAL POWERS EXIST IN THE NATURAL WORLD.

HIGHLY RITUALISED AND FOLLOWS STRICT CONVENTIONS OF PROTOCOL.

SPIRIT OF SINCERITY, CHEERFULNESS AND PURITY.