Kamidana how to do / Substitute for Kamidana plants Sakaki / Eucalyptus

This is my current Kamidana. Kamidana is a small Shinto shrine for each household.  Nature gods of my neighborhood visit my table…

Positional relation and direction / Kamidana and Butsudan / Tokonoma Japanese traditional room

wikipedia The exhibition space in Japanese traditional guest room is called Tokonoma . (Left side one step higher place with a ha…

Kadomatsu / Japanese New Year's ornament for entrance / Disposal

photo by  wikipedia A pair of ornaments of plants are called Kadomatsu . Kadomatsu, Shimenawa-Kazari ,and Kagami-Mochi are tradi…

Shinto and Zen / Japanese essence / Foundations are important

Many people think that Japanese religions are Shinto  or  Zen  Buddhism. We have both cultures and we always perform both ceremon…

Niiname-Sai / Japanese Thanksgiving / Shinto

Niiname-Sai is the most important harvest festival in Japan. It is held in every November 23th. This festival solemnized by an E…

Kamidana and Ofuda

Today,I have to apologize to everyone. Some information about Kamidana and Ofuda  were not enough. I might have given insufficien…

Polaris and Sun / Japanese Shinto includes all / Jewish people

Japanese Shinto religion is not separated from Judaism. But many Japanese people can't explain this. Even about Shinto. Shin…