Shintoism

One of the Oldest shrines in Japan 

Shintoism was said to have been founded around 660 bc according to Japanese legend, Shinto means way of the gods. The word shinto originated from the Chinese word shin do, it literally translates to "spirit" and "to",  Shintoism largely revolves around nature, it is said that everything in nature is possessed by a spirit, god, or essence. Shintoism is the largest religion in japan practiced by 80% of the population, they have over 100,000 shrines and 20,000 priest.

Izanami-no-Mikoto and Izanagi-no-Mikoto

The shinto religion tells of the creation of japan. The two gods Izanami-no-Mikoto and Izanagi-no-Mikoto were called upon by the myriad gods to create a new land (which later becomes japan). first Izanami-no-Mikoto was given a spear he stirred the water with it, when he removed it from the water it dripped water and created an island. They lived on the island and built a palace with a pole in the middle,  they wished to have children, they perfumed a ritual around the pole, male to the left of the pole, female to the right. they had two island as children, they were imperfect and cast them out. They later decided they had done the ritual wrong, they repeated it and had 8 perfect island, the Japanese archipelago.