Shinto wani nau'i ne na rayayyun halittu a ƙasar Japan. Yana da kami da yawa, wanda aka fassara azaman alloli ko ruhohin yanayi. Wasu "kami" ruhohi ne na wasu wurare, wasu kuma sune "kami" na gaba ɗaya (kamar "Amaterasu", allahiyar rana ). Kalmar "Shinto" ta fito ne daga kalmomin Jafananci "神", shin - kalmar don ruhu ko allah, da"道", tō - kalmar don" hanya "ko" hanya ". Don haka, Shinto yana nufin "hanyar alloli." Shinto shine babban addinin Japan kafin yakin duniya na II . A tsakanin shekarun 1868 zuwa 1945 gwamnatin Japan ta yi amfani da Shinto don farfaganda. An tilasta wa dukkan Jafananci yin rajista tare da wurin bautar yankinsu. Duk firistocin Shinto sun yi aiki ga gwamnati. War aka gani a matsayin mai alfarma wajibi. Ana ganin Emperor of Japan a matsayin allah. Buddhism na Japan sun kuma kasance tare da kokarin yaƙin (Duba Zen a War ). Shinto yana da tsafe tsafe da al'adu da yawa, kuma wasu ana yin su kowace rana. Bukukuwa suna yawaita.