Shinto Ethics

Nature kamis kamis means nature spirit. Power is also found in nature. The idea of sun goddess, minor places like particular Cove that evoke specific kamis. However, it is more than just a place or a deity.

Makoto Sincerity of feeling and actions, more to do with person that is expressing.

Heimei Appreciation for Openness and Candor, counterpart, someone who can appreciate.

Man'yoshu Poems from Collection of Ten thousand Leaves - longing emotion.

Symbolism of sleeve-waving specific customs of how  Japanese show their farewell to assure the safe return - expression of sincere longing, capture Shinto ethics

Beliefs regarding afterlife Japanese belief is that when people die, their spirits transform into bird and fly into particular mountains as final resting place. They do not death to be permanent irreversible state, but a result of the spirit having left body.

Tama animating spirit that gives life to the physical body, constitutes a central symbolic and ritual complex in early Japan."Apparent in Ten Thousand Leaves."