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I'll be spending the first week of June 2009 in Shikoku, walking (mostly) the Tokushima-ken portion of the Shikoku o-henro, the "Dōjō of Awakening Faith". This comprises the first 23 temples out of the 88 which make up the full o-henro. More details here...

Kōshintō (古神道)

This page is under construction. In the meantime, here's some photography for you to look at.

ShimanawaThe shimenawa (標縄), a rope braided from rice straw, marks the presence of kami ().
kitsune
sumoSūmō's origins comes from the earliest Shintō practices, and draws heavily on Shintō rituals and beliefs. Sūmō wrestlers, or rikishi, stamp the ground and toss salt into the ring to drive away evil spirits.