三輪山
The most common "shintai" are man-made objects like mirrors, swords, jewels (for example comma-shaped stones called "magatama)", "gohei" (wands used during religious rites), and sculptures of "kami" called , but they can be also natural objects such as rocks, mountains, trees, and waterfalls. Mountains were among the first, and are still among the most important, "shintai", and are worshiped at several famous shrines. A mountain believed to house a "kami", as for example Mount Fuji or Mount Miwa, is called a . In the case of a man-made "shintai", a "kami" must be invited to reside in it (see the next subsection, "Kanjō").