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Indeed, many Japanese seem less interested in defining themselves as even Buddhist or Shintoist than in finding the "spirit" of being Japanese.

From Time Magazine Archive

By worshiping the Kami �which include everything from a believer's ancestors to the wind and the trees the faithful Shintoist gets spiritual guidance and protection in his own way of life.

From Time Magazine Archive

Third the Venerable Pantheon of more than 500 Buddhist saints, more than 100,000 Shintoist saints.

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A devout Shintoist and emperor worshiper himself, Idemitsu keeps a shrine in his conference room for praying in spare moments, and regularly leads new employees in a ceremonial bowing toward the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

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All these cults are now linked together by tradition; and the devout Shintoist worships the divinities of all, collectively, in his daily morning prayer.

From Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation by Hearn, Lafcadio