Shinto Shrines

1. Importance

1.1. Sacred place

1.1.1. Place of a Kami

1.2. Spiritual Home

2. Manage by...

2.1. Comittes

2.1.1. Priest

2.1.2. Parishioners

2.1.3. Parishioners representatives

3. Rituals

3.1. Stages of Life

3.1.1. Weddings

3.1.2. New borns

3.1.3. Funerals

3.2. Purifications

3.3. Common rituals

3.3.1. prayers

3.3.2. ritual washing

3.3.3. making offerings

3.3.4. clapping hands

3.4. Matsuri

4. Features

4.1. Places of worship

4.2. Torii

4.2.1. Entrance

4.3. Komainu

4.3.1. Guardians (dogs, lions, foxes)

4.4. Fountain

4.4.1. Purification trougt

4.5. Halls

4.5.1. Main: Place of the sacret object

4.5.2. Offering: Prayinf & offering

4.6. Stage

4.6.1. Place of performances

4.7. Ema

4.7.1. Place where you leave your wishes

4.8. Omikuji

4.8.1. Fortune telling papers

4.9. Shimenawa

4.9.1. Rope that marks the boundaries

5. Visitis

5.1. Special events

5.1.1. New Year

5.1.2. Setsubun

5.1.3. Shichigosan

5.1.4. Weddngs

5.1.5. New Borns

5.2. Whenever

5.2.1. Praying for good fortune

5.2.2. Paying respect

5.2.3. Asking a favour