Shinto wani nau'i ne na rayayyun halittu a ƙasarJapan. Yana dakami da yawa, wanda kuma aka fassara azaman alloli ko ruhohin yanayi. Wasu "kami" ruhohi ne na wasu wurare, wasu kuma sune "kami" na gaba ɗaya (kamar "Amaterasu", allahiyarrana ). 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 kafinyakin 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. Wasu mutane suna cakuɗa al'adun Shinto da Buddha da imani.
Kodayake Jinja-Honcho yana sarrafa kusan duk wuraren bautar gumaka, wasu, kamar su Yasukuni, ana gudanar da su daban.
Amaterasu, Sunan Allahn, ana ganinta a matsayin mafi tsarkin duka Shinto kami. Wurin bautarta yana cikin Ise,Japan .
