Shinto Online Network Association
Comprehensive site on the history and tenets of Shinto
The Kami of Shinto
In Shinto there are eight million kami…
Shinto Texts
Excerpts from the Kojiki and Nihongi, and text of some Shinto rituals
Shinto Creation Stories
The Kojiki and Nihongi creation stories, from the creation of the gods to the origins
of the Imperial House.
Matsuri: Festival
and Rite in Japanese Life
Collection of papers on festivals and their role in contemporary society
Basic Terms of Shinto
Searchable glossary of names of kami and other terms associated with Shinto
Encyclopedia of Shinto
Institutions, rites, beliefs, sects and more.
Cyber Shrine
Images of notable Shinto shrines. You can also draw an oracle from the box and
find out your fortune!
Religious Space in
the Village As Seen through Festival and Legend
Detailed academic analysis of a village festival in Nagano Prefecture
Japanese Historical Text Initiative
Digitized Shinto texts and links to other Web resources on Shinto, including
purification rituals.
Table of Asian Gods and Their
Associates
The Japanese section of a comprehensive chart of Asian deities and their
portfolios.
Japanese
Journal of Religious Studies
Academic journal with English-language articles on Shinto, Buddhism, historical and
modern religious practices, New Religions, and more. Online text is available in PDF format from
1974 on.
Shinto – A Philosophical
Introduction
Includes the role of Shinto in society, Shinto and the family, postmodern philosophy,
the furniture of a kamidana, how to make gohei streamers, prayers, links and more.
Shinto Festivals and
Calendar
The year in religious festival.
Index of Images
Internet Archived slide show of the rebuilding of the Grand Shrine of Ise.
Sacred Spaces
in Shinto
Part of a University of California Berkeley course on teaching comparative religion
through art and architecture, this site examines how shrines create and define sacred space.
Shinto: The
Way of the Gods
History of Shinto and its relationship to Buddhism, deities and sacred creatures,
holy mountains, sects, different types of shrines, and more.
The I Ching in the
Shinto Thought of Tokugawa Japan
Academic paper on the relationship between traditional Japanese beliefs and Confucian
theories imported from China.
Books on Shinto:
Lowell, Percival. Occult Japan: Shinto, Shamanism and the Way of the Gods. Inner Traditions International. ISBN 0-89281-306-7
Averbuch, Irit. The Gods Come Dancing: A Study of the Japanese Ritual Dance of Yamabushi Kagura. Cornell University Press, 1995. ISBN 1-885445-79-2