Shinto
Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪntəʊ/
noun
- a Japanese religion dating from the early 8th century and incorporating the worship of ancestors and nature spirits and a belief in sacred power ( kami) in both animate and inanimate things. It was the state religion of Japan until 1945. See also Amaterasu.
Origin:
Japanese, from Chinese shen dao 'way of the gods'