We have updated our website with a new article How to behave in a Japanese shrine/temple. Everyone knows that there are various religions and confessions in the world. They may be completely different but as for Japan they have two major religions which are closely intertwined - Shintoism and Buddhism. Sometimes orientalists describe such combination as Shinto-Buddhism syncretism and very often a layman can be confused by almost the same exterior of Shintoist shrines and Buddhist temples.
