Showing posts with label shinto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shinto. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Shinto Shrines

I've been trying to load my virtual Shinto Shrine virtual tour powerpoint presentation here but the file is just too big for me to move around. I'll show it to the 2 Unit Year 11 students soon, but in the meantime here is a site that has some very good information on Shinto Shrines. If you go back to the contents page there's also some good stuff on Buddhism.

http://orias.berkeley.edu/visuals/japan_visuals/shinto.HTM

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

The Creation of Japan According to Shinto Texts

The following podcasts outline the creation of Japan in the Kojiki and Nihonshoki. These texts are the closest approximation to scriptural texts that the Shinto religion has.