SHINTO: A DOORWAY THROUGH JAPANESE CULTURE AND AN APPROACH TO JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY

Abstract

The article introduces one of the ways of approach and a visualization door of Japanese culture knowing its methods and customs. One of our objectives is to show how Shinto intervenes in a reliable and practical way within the customs and culture of Japanese society, and how it has transcended from its most remote origins to the most contemporary news in that society and how it has been extrapolated to other cultures to reach deeper knowledge about them. Our article points out how a religion can enter or remain outside the limits that are marked by a society with deep roots in the mythology that makes them up.