-no known date founded

-around 3 million world wide followers, most followers live in Japan

-No creator and no sacred scriptures (no scriptural canon)

-the deity are known as kami and are innumerable amount

-worship at home or at sacred shrines

-Belief in the existence and power of the kami, or gods, that exist in the world

-Sacred places include shrines throughout Japan that honor the kami or gods

-Shrines put in places chosen by the kami or places where someone important died

-National shrine 1300 years old that honors Amaterasu the goddess of kami

Shintoism