Articles of category "Religion in Japan"

In the majority of countries, people's religious beliefs are limited to a single faith. There can be many religions, but a man often chooses one and practices it throughout his life. The case of Japan is different, since many Japanese can embrace several faiths simultaneously. Many of them consider themselves as both Shintoist and Buddhist and it is common to Japan to be married in a Shinto ceremony ritual and berried with Buddhist rites.

Japan is the land, where many religions, including Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Shintoism and some others, coexist together. However, the two main and simultaneously the most ancient religions are Shintoism and Buddhism, whereas Shintoism is a native Japanese religion and Buddhism is of Indian origin, brought to Japan from China. These two have coexisted together for centuries and many Japanese today consider them either Buddhist or Shintoist, or both.