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Why Some Priests Say Shinto Is Universal, While Others Fight to Keep It Japanese
For decades, Shinto has been presented as a uniquely Japanese tradition rooted in culture, ritual, and ancestry. Yet around ...
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What is Shinto?
Shinto is Japan’s indigenous spiritual tradition, but unlike most religions, it has no single founder, sacred text, or strict doctrines. Instead, it revolves around the veneration of Kami—divine ...
Florian Wiltschko, 38, is currently the negi (supplicant priest) at Hisai Hachiman Shrine in Tsu, Mie Prefecture. Inspired to learn more about Japanese spirituality after buying a kamidana (Shinto ...
Editor’s note: Pacific NW magazine’s weekly Backstory provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the writer’s process or an extra tidbit that accompanies our Mainstory. This week’s Mainstory explores how ...
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