Shinto – Who put the Kami in Kamikaze

Shinto has been the dominant religion of Japan for two millennia. Emerging from pre-historic folk religions, the name literally means “the way of the gods.” And those gods are called “kami.” Shinto embraces millions of kami. They are credited with creating the heavens and the earth, especially the Japanese islands and their human population. Kami occupy elements of daily lives such as growth,…