"And call me when you get back... I miss our little chats."

In the hardly breaking news category, here at the shi-yaku-jin no hokora, we unabashedly practice one of the multitudinous forms of minzoku shintô.

And while it is uniquely tailored to fit the people of this particular area of the Midwestern United States, still it contains many practices that can be found all over Japan.

We have long championed the idea that if religious practices and ideas are to remain useful, they should reside in the hands of the common people and not in those of a few vested "experts". Not that we're discounting the value of experts, but rather we feel that these practices are among the things everyone should know how to do.

Towards that end, if people are interested in shintô, we encourage them to not wait for a shrine to be established in their area, but rather to go out and start practicing.

Realistically, there is no wrong or right way to practice shintô; there is just you and your community's way.