Kami No Michi Religion

As mentioned, Shintoism is the term for indigenous religious beliefs and practices of Japan. Shinto has no founder, no official sacred scriptures, and no fixed creeds, but it has preserved its main beliefs and rituals throughout the ages (Religion Facts).
A lot of scholarly and non-scholarly sources claim that the name Shinto means ‘Way of the Gods.’ This is because an important aspect of it has become lost in translation. Its Japanese name is Kami No Michi and is literally translated as Way of the Kami or Gods. This is actually problematic because this implies that the kami are gods. This couldn’t be more wrong, but, alas, a lot of sources and articles point to the same conclusion.
Shinto is made up of the religious ideas and cults indigenous to Japan. Kami are considered divine forces of nature that are worshipped, may reside in rivers, trees, rocks, mountains, certain animals, and particularly in the sun and moon. They are similar to how others consider their
Most important among the shrines is the imperial shrine of the sun goddess at Ise, where state ceremonies were once held in June and December. The Yasukuni shrine of the war dead in Tokyo is also well known (FactMonster).
Acts of worship consist of prayers, clapping of hands, acts of purification, and offerings. On feast days processions and performances of music and dancing take place and priests read prayers before the gods in the shrines. In Japanese homes there is a god-shelf, a small wooden shrine that contains the tablets bearing the names of ancestors. Offerings are made and candles lit before it (FactMonster).
Shintoism was once a state religion in Japan, but it is now a sect religion, consisting of 13 recognized groups. Most important among them is Tenrikyo in Tenri City (Nara), in which healing by faith plays a central role.